Facing History and Ourselves

The Only Cure for White Supremacy Is To Teach Students Real American History
On January 6, as my students were learning about the history of trench warfare during World War I, I had no idea that our own…

Remembering Anna Julia Cooper on Her Birthday
On this day in 1858, Anna Julia Cooper entered the world in North Carolina. Few people transform a country for the better, let alone when…

We’re In Danger If We’re Not Teaching Our Students About Hate and Their Civil Rights
At Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center in Israel, there’s a photograph of a father with his hands covering his young son’s eyes moments before they…