Conversation

“For Black people, education was in and of itself an act of active resistance against racial disenfranchisement….

Black teachers used classrooms to not only impart the lessons of history, but also to encourage students to be actively involved in the fight for racial equity.”

https://theconversation.com/lessons-for-today-from-the-overlooked-stories-of-black-teachers-during-the-segregated-civil-rights-era-213811
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