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Lesson Plan July 11 2025

Lesson plan: Brown v. Board of Education and the story of Prince Edward County Schools

Learn more about the life of Linda Brown and the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education case in the U.S. today

Ida B. Wells, the daughter of two formerly enslaved people, journalist and civil rights leader

Daily News Lesson March 26 2025

A look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells

Learn more about the American Women quarters program and discuss the legacy of Ida B. Wells

Presidential Democratic Candidates March Across Edmund Pettus Bridge Marking 55th Anniversary Of Selma's Bloody Sunday

Lesson Plan March 07 2025

Lesson plan: Enduring significance of the Selma to Montgomery March

Mark the anniversary of the Selma March and watch these clips from the movie 'Selma'

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Daily News Lesson June 28 2023

First cash reparations in the US

Discuss the experience of Evanston, Illinois, since the town passed the first reparations law in American history

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Educator Voices March 23 2023

Educator Voice: The state of education with Diane Ravitch

Hear from Diane Ravitch, who joined our Educator Voice Zoom series in November to discuss the state of education today

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Daily Video January 11 2016

Urban-Suburban school desegregation program seen as model

More than 60 years after the United States Supreme Court outlawed “separate but equal” schools in Brown vs. Board of Education, data shows that many school districts s are more segregated than ever — with some key exceptions.

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Daily Video January 08 2016

Addressing segregation in U.S. schools

Sixty-one years after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in schools in the United States, many students today attend schools with stark racial and economic disparities.

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