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We Need Black Teachers! Here’s a Pipeline
Today, we’ll dive into the ongoing legacy of Philadelphia, part of a long line of efforts to liberate people from oppression.
VoteThatJawn
Aug 9, 20243 min read
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How Freedom Schools Made It to Philadelphia
By Rae Norman Imagine a school that teaches “young people to function productively and meaningfully in society, or [gives] them the tools...
VoteThatJawn
Aug 9, 20244 min read
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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Lessons from ‘The Other Philadelphia’
No one outside of its residents had ever really heard of the small Mississippi town before June 1964. That’s when the stories began.
VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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The Freedom Summer: When Students Rose Up and Changed the World
Today in 2024, we find ourselves at the 60-year anniversary of some of the most influential few months of the Civil Rights Movement.
VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing
“Blacks [do] everything. Everything,” Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, declared in awe. And it was true.
VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 2 – Danger
It was June 21, 1964 and James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner were setting out for Philadelphia, Mississippi
VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation
Freedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.
VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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So, what's really going on?
We woke up to a new world. But no worries, we’ve got this
VoteThatJawn
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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How School Might Help Prepare Youth for Real Life
By Cassidy Whaley Over the years I've come to realize a striking truth: in school, students often spend as much time questioning the...
VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20244 min read
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How Many Beatings Have YOU Taken, Congressman?
By Hannah Chang This blog is not a rallying cry to go out and vote. It’s trying to think about the vote. What makes it so great? Well,...
VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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