Democracy & Civic Engagement

Consider quotes from South Africans about the nature of democracy and what makes it work.

A New York Times article addresses the role that social media played in rapidly bringing the events in Ferguson to national attention.

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Accounts from the crisis that unfolds in Little Rock, Arkansas when black students attend the previously all-white Central High School. Accounts from the crisis that unfolds in Little Rock, Arkansas when black students attend the previously all-white Central High School.

Students brainstorm different definitions of democracy and consider democracy's relationship to their own communities and cultures.