In 1777, Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery, and the state generally prides itself on this history. But as I have learned from preparing teachers there to teach Black history, that ...

In the classroom of teacher Ahenewa El-Amin at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., where murals of books and the words “read” and “think” decorate the walls, junior Nia Henderson-Louis held up a ...

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During Black History Month, teachers traditionally highlight trailblazers, civil rights leaders and various achievements and experiences from members of the Black community and their impact on today's ...

As states around the country have been adopting policies and passing laws restricting how teachers can discuss race and racism in the classroom, the School District of Philadelphia is continuing to ...

Nearly a century ago, the historian Carter G. Woodson started a movement to teach Black history in America’s schools. First called Negro History Week and now Black History Month, it has been an oasis ...

Episode 5 of a 10-part TV series made by Dr. Maya Angelou for KQED in 1968. Episode 5 of a 10-part TV series made by Dr. Maya Angelou for KQED in 1968 called Blacks, Blues, Black!, which examines the ...

Gwen Partridge, or Mrs. Gwen to her pre-K students, walked around her homemade Black History Museum at the YMCA Immanuel Early Learning Center in Omaha, Neb., on an icy Thursday. She and her ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Schools have renamed a school in honor of the district's first African-American teacher. The Academy of Teaching, Learning, & Social Justice at Innovation ...

Black Wall Street, the Red Summer of 1919, redlining, the truth about what happened after Reconstruction, how the March on Washington was organized — there’s plenty of Black history most of us weren’t ...