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The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

January 22, 2018January 30, 2018 Lavelle Porter documentary, education, film, student activism, W.E.B. Du Bois

One of the most painful and haunting images that I recall from Stanley Nelson’s documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising:

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Black Power and the Detroit High School Organizing Tradition

January 11, 2018January 15, 2018 Dara Walker #StudentActivismForum, black politics, Detroit, education, student activism

This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The sight of National Guard tanks rolling down the streets of Detroit

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The Legacy of Berkeley High School’s Black Student Union

January 10, 2018January 15, 2018 Aaron Fountain #StudentActivismForum, Activism, black protest, Malcolm X, teaching

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The Black Student Union (BSU) of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California

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Black Student Power in Boston

January 9, 2018January 13, 2018 Tess Bundy #StudentActivismForum, black protest, Black Studies, Boston, education, student activism, youth

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The story of the “Boston busing crisis” of the 1970s dominates

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Student Activism and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

January 8, 2018January 13, 2018 Jon Hale #StudentActivismForum, civil rights, criminal justice system, law, racism, segregation, South, student activism

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. High school student activism in Mississippi during the 1960s highlights the overlooked

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