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#tdih 1848 in Washington, D.C. 77 enslaved people (adults & children) made a brave, carefully planned escape on the Pearl schooner from slavery.

Tragically, they were apprehended and faced brutal consequences.

#TeachOutsidetTextbook #TeachTruth Read ⬇️
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One of the planners of the escape on the Pearl schooner was Paul Jennings who'd been formerly enslaved to President and Mrs. Madison.

Learn more in "The Black History of the White House" by @HowardU professor Clarence Lusane via @CityLightsBooks ⬇️
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We recommend the biography below for young readers (middle school and above) about teenager Emily Edmonson who was one of 77 people who bravely attempted to escape slavery in Washington, D.C. on the Pearl schooner. #TeachOutsideTextbook
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"Rep. Joshua Giddings of Ohio introduced resolution asking why . . . the Pearl fugitives were jailed for attempting to enjoy the freedom for which America's forefathers had died. . . . new congressperson Abraham Lincoln voted with the moderates to close debate." -- Mary Kay Ricks
Read detailed account of Pearl escape and aftermath incl. with abolition movement in archived article by Mary Kay Ricks in Post, here: washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nationa…

📷: 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Convention in Cazenovia, NY. Edmonson sisters, Frederick Douglass, Gerritt Smith, & more. Black and white photo of me...
Teach about people's history of abolition movement with @RethinkSchools lesson for grades 7+ ⬇️ by Bill Bigelow. (All lessons posted at ZEP are free thanks to your donations.) More in RS book: "Teaching a People’s History of Abolition and the Civil War." zinnedproject.org/materials/if-t…

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Apr 15
With Jackie Robinson Day tomorrow (April 15), check out this one minute history lesson by Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) on central role of Black athletes in Black Freedom Struggle with a focus on Olympian Wilma Rudolph and her actions in Tennessee.
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Did you know that in 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to back of the bus & was court-martialed?

Read letter he wrote to secretary of war notifying him that if not resolved, he was going to the Black press and NAACP.

Find out what happened next ⬇️
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This month also marks 60th anniversary of Dodger Stadium.

The Mexican American communities of Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop organized to protect their homes, but were forcibly evicted. City official who defended them was red-baited & jailed by HUAC. ⬇️
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Apr 5
#tdih 1979, the Boston University faculty union called a strike. Howard Zinn was one of the strike committee co-chairs.

In this centennial, #HowardZinn100, read ⬇️ about the strike from Zinn's autobiography, "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train."

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BU alum @dcolapinto said: "Labor leaders [like Cesar Chavez] would come to say a few words in solidarity with striking workers. The librarian union and clerical & staff unions joined the faculty strike."

Strike photos by Spencer Grant ⬇️via @BPLBoston. flickr.com/photos/boston_…
After faculty strike settled, a few (“B.U. Five,” as they came to be known) showed solidarity with ongoing staff & librarian strike by holding classes outside or off-campus. B.U. Pres. John Silber escalated the fight. Read ⬇️by @dcolapinto via @ZinnDigital
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Mar 27
When was one of the first (recorded that is) organized protests of segregation on a bus or streetcar?”

Answer: #tdih 1867, after a Freedmen’s meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.

#TeachReconstruction

Read more ⬇️and see book by @profblmkelley
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"Between 1900 and 1910, in more than two dozen cities, African Americans tried to stem the tide of their exclusion from public life by taking the fight to the streets." -- Seizing Freedom podcast episode by @KidadaEWilliams on streetcar boycotts ➡️
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As Black women fought for right to vote, they had to travel to polls -- and therefore confront white supremacy on public transportation as well. Read about this history in "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote. . . " by @marthasjones_

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Mar 25
One year anniv.: In March of 2021, as right-wing politicians & media scaled up attacks on educators’ most basic responsibility — to teach young people accurately & truthfully — we launched a #TeachTruth pledge.

8,000+ teachers have bravely signed. ⬇️ 🧵

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Many teachers have faced steep consequences for signing the pledge.

Right wing websites have listed their names, along with the communities in which they work.

Their goals are clear: to incite harassment & spread fear.

As one teacher wrote, “This is modern-day McCarthyism.”
The right claims it is against "political indoctrination."

In fact, the anti-CRT bills take aim at lessons that do the opposite. The right seeks to suppress critical thinking and questioning.

This is what teaching people's history looks like ⬇️ .
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Mar 24
"Wicked . . . wretched . . . evil . . . hard . . . malignant.

Thaddeus Stevens has been called all these names, and more.

He can lay claim to being one of the best-hated men in our past."

-- Milton Meltzer in 1967 book for young people on the Reconstruction era legislator.
"The harsh judgments his enemies made in his lifetime still echo in the textbooks students use now.

What did Thaddeus Stevens do to deserve this?

He fought to establish free public schools.

He fought for passage of the 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments to the Constitution. . ."
"Why is Robert E. Lee — who led armies in a bloody war to preserve slavery — called a saint [and honored with countless statues, school names, street names], while Thaddeus Stevens — who warred against slavery — is called a devil?" #TeachReconstruction
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"I created 'Designing New Systems of Justice' lesson to show my 8th graders it's possible to imagine new systems where we all have access to basic needs, working in community. Used @prisonculture text ⬇️& 'So You're Thinking of. . .' to inform & inspire." bookshop.org/a/7256/9781642…
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"Results were incredible -- I encouraged students to think big & outside of box. They delivered. Students created beautiful systems where all needs were met.
They thought through how we can implement restorative and transformative justice on a community and country-wide scale."
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