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Feb 18 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
How do we defend right to #TeachTruth about history in face of anti-CRT attacks? As @KeishaBlain explains in @thenation, we can learn from 19th & 20th century Black educators.

Susan Paul, Charlotte Forten, Carter Woodson, SNCC Freedom Schools, & more. ⬇️
thenation.com/article/societ…
Learn more about the long history of Black teachers involved in "fugitive pedagogy" from the new, award-winning book by @jarvisrgivens. Full of stories. Recommended for reading groups. Rethink lessons about Brown v. Board. #BHM2022
zinnedproject.org/materials/fugi…
Hear about Black women in the fight for voting rights, education, & more from @marthasjones_ on Monday eve, in convo with @_cierrajade_ based on "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, & Insisted on Equality for All" (now in paperback!) ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/martha-jo…

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Feb 11
#tdih 1990, Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years.

The U.S. gov't classified Mandela a terrorist.

While Mandela was in jail, U.S. corporate investment in apartheid South Africa grew, & Ronald Reagan had policy of “constructive engagement.” zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mand…
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Feb 9
#tdih 1950 Wisc. Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech in WV; he claimed to hold list of known communists (“enemies from within”) in U.S. State Dep't.

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