This story is the retelling of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery with his entire family in tow. With a plan "as dangerous as it was brilliant," Smalls commandeers a Confederate ship and successfully navigates it out of Charleston's blockaded port and into the hands of the Union army.
Although raised in a prosperous and prestigious African-American home in Tuskegee, Ala., Sammy Younge found himself drawn most to the civil rights movement. While the cause cost him his life, his actions and determination helped to transform this Southern city.
Nearly 80 years before women officially were allowed to serve in the U.S. Army, former slave Cathay Williams did so, patrolling the western United States as a member of the all-black Buffalo Soldiers.
In this interview, TT Award Winner Liz Kleinrock talks about the steps she takes at the beginning of the school year to connect with her students’ families and how she builds those relationships throughout the year.
Caty Marshall is the community schools program coordinator with the nonprofit Metropolitan Family Service in Portland, Oregon. She also facilitates family and community engagement in Portland Public Schools.
Jack Shuler is a writer and associate professor of English at Denison University where he chairs the program in Narrative Journalism. He is the author of three books including The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose (PublicAffairs).
TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. Read about how one middle school teacher used a TT grant to fund a class project centered around peace, justice and action.
One principal questions the value of educator conferences that focus on “student voice” without recognizing the social contexts in which voices struggle to be heard.