'“The Hard Truth About Bias” features conversations about the relationship of race and privilege; racial stress; the impact of bias in the images and language in our daily news and information; and the creation of stereotypes and how they influence the way we think. Guests in this segment: Wes Moore , CEO, the Robin Hood Foundation .' -- Matter of Fact
'Popular accounts of the 1960s-era civil rights movement are often reduced to the story of two extraordinary visionaries: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. In his book The Sword and the Shield Peniel E. Joseph argues that by focusing on their differing doctrines of self-defense versus nonviolence, we’ve been blind to the scope of their shared activism and communion. Join Joseph and Jonathan Ei
'Having written an introspective new memoir, Let Love Rule , the Grammy-winning singer Lenny Kravitz talks about his struggles with identity, the road to rock stardom, and his extended, blended family. CBS Sunday Morning : Saturday host Michelle Miller reports.'
'Artists Ashon T. Crawley and Shikeith discusse how their works in the exhibition "Enunciated Life" investigate elements of desire, longing, and loneliness through the lens of queer embodiment within Black spiritual spaces. Introduction by exhibition curator Taylor Aldridge .' -- California African American Museum
'French scholar of the Atlantic Maboula Soumahoro joins philosopher, economist, and musician Felwine Sarr in a public discussion moderated by Laurent Dubois about Sarr's book, AFROTOPIA .' -- Scholars and Publics
“Elect Public Officials Who are Committed to Stop Police Killings” by Ben Jealous | @BenJealous | special to NewBlackMan (in Exile) Millions of Americans have turned out in big cities and small towns to protest the killings of unarmed civilians—often Black people—at the hands of law enforcement. If we want our demands for justice and accountability to lead to real policy change, we need to build
'As a photographer, James E. Hinton made pictures of some of the most prominent figures of the civil-rights era. Yet the majority of his images—more than forty thousand, many of which are being digitized by Emory University —
cuncon / Pixabay I have a lot of posts about learning games – both online and in the physical classroom. And I have quite a few about dealing with virtual learning . This one is a combination that will list the online games I’m using the most with my English Language Learner students in my English and History classes (feel free to add your own!): Pictionary with Whiteboard.fi is always a winner.
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up is a depressing NY Times article today. Economic stress has been found to have a huge negative effect on student academic achievement (see The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On Student Achievement ). One of many reasons it has that kind of impact is the stress on “cognitive” or “mental”
Wokandapix / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Instructiona
TheAngryTeddy / Pixabay NPR has announced its third annual podcast challenge for middle and high school students. Whether or not you want to encourage your students to participate, one great thing about the contest is that they provide excellent resources for teachers (and students) who want to include podcasting in any lessons. This year, they’ve also added a contest specifically for college stu
Every year since StoryCorps began it in 2015 , I’ve shared about their project, The Great Thanksgiving Listen: The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement that empowers young people—and people of all ages—to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder, mentor, friend, or someone they admire. You can learn all about it here , as well as
I’ve begun posting my end-of-the-year “Best” lists for 2020, and will be adding links to each one in this post. There should be close to thirty by the time I’m done! You can see all the mid-year lists at ALL 2020 MID-YEAR “BEST” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! and all previous annual lists at All My “Annual” Best List Collections. Here’s what I’ve shared so far this year: THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICA
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Teachers unions in 3 large Sacramento districts want schools closed until at least January is from The Sacramento Bee. As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the
