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White Folks Must Stop Appropriating and Start Appreciating Dr. King

January 22, 2020
by Michael Coard
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On Monday, white America celebrated the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 91st birthday, even though he was born on Jan. 15 in 1929. And just like white America got the date wrong, it also got MLK himself wrong. Or, better...

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When It Comes to Schools, Do Black Leaders Walk It Like They Talk It?

January 26, 2019
by Citizen Stewart
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When it comes to school choice we should follow what our leaders do more than what they say. This past week represented both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s day of celebration, and the beginning of...

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MLK 360: A Children’s Booklist About Dr. King’s Full Legacy

January 20, 2019
by Nosakhere Griffin-El
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As a child, I remember studying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. only from one perspective — the man who had a dream. Without a deep understanding of Dr. King, I lacked the ability to apply some of his profound principles to my...

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Black America, It’s Time We Take the Education of Our People Into Our Own Hands

May 24, 2018
by Robin Muldor
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Last week marked 64 years since the Supreme Court ended segregation in our schools. The Brown v. Board of Education ruling overturned Plessy v. Ferguson—the “separate but equal” law—supposedly so that Black children...

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Going Beyond MLK’s ‘Dream’ and Getting Uncomfortable in the Classroom

April 5, 2018
by Zachary Wright
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In third grade, I remember learning about Martin Luther King. We listened to his “I Have A Dream Speech.” We read about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. We looked at photos of the marches in Selma. We were...

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I Can’t Be Yet Another White Teacher Who Doesn’t Get Black History Month

February 16, 2018
by Zachary Wright
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It shamed me to see the way so many White people honored Dr. King on MLK Day last month. For many, including myself at one point, Dr. King represents an idealized vision of a societal problem being solved without the discomfort...

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The Sunken Place of Shattered Dreams

January 22, 2018
by Dia Jones
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Dia Jones, shares a poignant message about her grandmother, Dr. King, and the hope and dreams of Black students. My grandmother was the epitome of a dream catcher. She was born in a place and time when she was not expected to...

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Dr. King May Have Launched With A Focus On Integration, But That’s Not Where He Landed

January 16, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“I fear I may have integrated my people into a burning house.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yesterday, January 15th, we celebrated the Dr. King holiday (which also coincides this year with his actual birthday). While some...

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I Want to See White People As Outraged About Institutional Racism As They Are About Charlottesville

August 23, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“I must encourage the freedom fighters who follow that any approach which fails to address white supremacy and its counterpart, the imputation of Black inferiority, will force you to walk in circles… Unless you want to...

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Stop Trying to Tell Us What Our Heroes Would Say About Today’s Schools

October 9, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
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One of the single most infuriating liberties in which white privilege manifests itself is attempting to define other people’s heroes. The 2nd principle of Kwanzaa calls on us to apply Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) to our...

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