It is important that we are using books in our learning spaces to help our students build their identities and a strong sense of self. Students need to be seen through an asset based lens for all of the intersectional identities and experiences they bring to learning spaces.
Once the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 was passed, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr began working to register African-Americans in the South, since this part of the country had suppressive voting laws.
In the United States, the third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Day which is the only federal holiday that is designated as a day of service. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Racism is the belief that one’s race, skin color, or more generally, one’s group, be it of religious, national or ethnic identity, is superior to others in humanity.
In order to do any type of work to confront racism on either a micro or macro level, we must educate ourselves about history, social customs and culture, and about our individual and collective roles that support it.