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Blank Mask Template
Students use the template of a mask to reflect on their identities and the ways in which they blend in and stand out in dominant culture.
Historical Context and Excerpts from the Purim Story
Students use this handout to complete a Purim text study.
Brown Remembered As a Gentle Giant
A profile of Michael Brown published two days after he was killed features recollections from friends and teachers and details of the community's response.
Committee for Freedom of the Press Letter
A letter in response to police detention and harassment of journalists, delivered to the Ferguson and St. Louis County Police departments and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Two Names, Two Worlds
Jonathan Rodríguez reflects on his name through poetry. How does his name “place him in the world”?
Family Names
Learn how filmmaker Macky Alston learned about the history of his family name and its connection to his family's legacy in the United States.
Still Me Inside
A teenager describes how changing her appearance affected the way that others perceived her identity and how she thought about herself.
A Strength of My Neighborhood
A high school student describes how his neighborhood in Los Angeles helps him feel connected to the traditions of his family’s “old world” heritage in Mexico.
A Letter to the Students of Colour Who Were in My History Classes
Dylan Wray reflects on his time in the classroom as a white educator teaching a racially diverse group of students in South Africa.
The Influence of "The Birth of a Nation"
The three-hour silent film The Birth of a Nation did “incalculable harm” to Black Americans by creating a justification for prejudice, racism, and discrimination for decades to follow.
A Lifeline for Democracy
In her 2005 commencement speech at the University of Vermont, Ruth Simmons describes experiences that helped her escape the poverty and discrimination of her youth to become the president of Brown University.