Racism
Book Launch Edda Fields-Black: Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Classrooms Without Borders partners with Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures to present COMBEE: Harriet Tubman’s Combahee River Raid. Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, unveils Tubman’s role […]
Read More“Local educators return from Austria, grapple with teaching its lessons of history”
Read about how local educators are grappling with the profound history of Austria and its implications for their teaching methods
Read More2024 Marching Down “Freedom’s Road”: Civil Rights to the Black Freedom Movement
“Local educators return from Austria, grapple with teaching its lessons of history”
Read about how local educators are grappling with the profound history of Austria and its implications for their teaching methods.
Read MoreRemembrance & Beyond By Laura Schwartzwald
Thursday, July 20th- Remembrance & Beyond Today we toured the Memorial and Museum at the former concentration Camp Sachsenhausen. Going into the day I felt uneasy, and unsure of what […]
Read More“Teachers visit Southern landmarks to better understand the Civil Rights Movement”
Explore how educators are gaining new insights into the Civil Rights Movement through visits to historic landmarks in the South.
Read More“‘So beautiful it was horrifying’: Local teachers travel South to learn about Civil Rights Movement”
Discover the emotional journey of local teachers as they explore the South to deepen their understanding of the Civil Rights Movement.
Read MoreMy Lyrical Reflection: To learn deeply and forever by Daniela Buccilli
The Legacy Museum begins in the seasick-all of nowhere land, the Atlantic Ocean. Atlas (the World Carrier). It begins with a seemingly endless place without land — water, a symbol […]
Read MoreBirmingham: The winners make the memorials by Owen Dwyer
Day Five of our tour and we visited Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama. The park occupies a central location in the city’s civil rights history. It sits across the […]
Read MoreTruth Telling & America’s History of Racial Injustices Day five of our journey began with an emotional tour of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, where […]
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