Teach in the Moment

Why are discussions centered around racism and Black history important?

How do we see the circumstances of the Gilligan case reflected in society today?

What was the impact of Lucy, Hunter, and Malone on higher education?

How did Brown v. Board of Education impact school segregation among African Americans and across American society?

How did Black athletes resist racial discrimination and racial violence while playing their sport?

How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s?

How has the Civil Rights movement impacted people outside the United States?

What is the motivation for African American Uprisings?

Are Black Athlete protests effective at accomplishing social change?

How did the American Communist Party collaborate with Black Activists to fight for economic and social justice during the 1930’s?

Why did the Cuban government sympathize with African Americans in the mid-late 1900s?

How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America?

How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression?

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been achieved? Why or why not?

Why did Black voters vote in greater numbers for Republicans in the first 70 years after the Civil War?

How can you protect individuals from unjust actions from their state governments? How did the 14th Amendment try to solve this problem? Was it successful?

What does Ralph Ellison see as stumbling blocks hindering Black Americans from entering the middle class? Have these stumbling blocks changed throughout time?

What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?