by lindaoppenheim | May 11, 2018 | Documents, history
In 1864, after 32 long years in the service of his master, Jourdon Anderson and his wife, Amanda, escaped a life of slavery when Union Army soldiers freed them from the plantation on which they had been working so tirelessly. They grasped the opportunity with vigour,...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 13, 2018 | Documents
On April 12, 2018, at John Witherspoon Middle School, Dr. Anne Gregory of Rutgers University shared her research on restorative justice. Restorative justice is an alternative method of treating students who are perceived to be defiant, disrespectful, and...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 8, 2018 | Documents
The title says it all. Click here to get to the list and book summaries. Not in Our Town lists other books and also videos under Racial Literacy Resources.
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2018 | Article, Documents
In a racist society, those of us who are called white passively enjoy the benefits of whiteness. We do not have to DO anything in particular for the system to continue to work to our benefit. But we certainly enjoy the benefits, whether the enjoyment is conscious or...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 19, 2018 | Documents
A study from The Equality of Opportunity Project documents the on-going racial gap in upward mobility. “[R]acial differences in economic opportunity using data on 20 million children and their parents. . . . show black children have much lower rates of upward...
