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Black History Month Teaching: Miseducation or empowerment?

This high school English teacher encourages educators to focus on African Americans' contributions to the United States, with the Harlem Renaissance as a way to begin. By Jamilah Pitts in Teaching Tolerance.

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This Black History Month collection highlights the importance of teaching and celebrating Black History year-round, beyond Civil Rights and enslavement, to affirming the identities of Black people and their literature, art, and creativity that has shaped the culture of the world.   Please note that many of the files in this collection cannot be d...