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.
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Aug 94 min read
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...
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Aug 72 min read
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.
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Aug 74 min read
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.
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Aug 73 min read
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing
“Blacks [do] everything. Everything,” Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, declared in awe. And it was true.
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Aug 72 min read
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
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Aug 75 min read
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation
Freedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.
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Jul 302 min read
So, what's really going on?
We woke up to a new world. But no worries, we’ve got this
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Jul 244 min read
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...
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Jul 242 min read
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,...
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