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Like so many literature lovers, I’d been eagerly anticipating yesterday's release of Go Set a Watchman. For nearly two years, I’ve been thinking about the world of Maycomb as I worked with colleagues to create Facing History and Ourselves’ resource Teaching Mockingbird. I couldn’t wait to read Watchman, which has been described as a first draft or “parent” of To Kill a Mockingbird, to learn more about how Harper Lee first imagined beloved characters like Atticus, Scout, and Jem, and to see how she depicts Maycomb in the 1950s.

Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest person to march for Civil Rights with Martin Luther King, Jr. She shares inspiring words for young people to make a difference today.

Mitra Best, Chief Innovation Officer and Principal in new ventures business at PwC shares why we should talk about race in the workplace. 

For the past three years, Dr. Sybil Hampton has been featured as a guest speaker for Facing History and Ourselves’ online course, “Choices in Little Rock.” Her experience as one of the first African American students to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1962 makes her a witness to history. She shares her reflections on why she chooses to participate in Facing History’s online professional development courses.

We can look to the aftermath of the Civil War—another period of deep division within the US—to better understand the 2016 presidential election.