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16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
Freedom Summer of 2024? Election official hopes 60-year-old fight will inspire voters
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWASHINGTON ‒ Shirley Weber plans to take a page from the history books this summer. To promote the...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...
Jalen Rose, Wendell Anthony named grand marshals of America's Thanksgiving Parade
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo Detroit icons, Jalen Rose and the Rev. Wendell Anthony, will serve as grand marshals of...
Schools Lock Up Cellphones to Keep Students Focused
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoEducators say phones cause distractions, states are aiming to limit the devices’ use at school, and the U.S. is warning they pose mental-health risks for...
What the Movie Till Teaches Us About Whose Stories Get Told
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe movie's approach to Emmett Till's life and death highlights a truth about Black stories in...
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Black schoolroom in Mississippi in 1939. Corbis via Getty Images My grandmother’s name was Mrs....
Nation’s Report Card shows America is flunking at civics | Opinion
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAmerica has just received its civic education report card − and it’s not good. Given the threats to...
Exclusive: New Analysis — Trends in Education Innovation from 161 School Leaders
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPockets of innovation scattered across K-12 classrooms won’t be sufficient to address the challenges...
Around Town: A NYT best seller and a Pulitzer Prize finalist to speak in Brevard
Times-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo successful authors, including one New York Times best seller and also one Pulitzer Prize finalist, will be making presentations this month in Brevard. According to a press release, Brevard ...