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'Freedom to Learn' protests have a clear message: 'We will be woke'
WASHINGTON, DC ‒ National civil rights leaders and other activists, including college students, rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to push back against efforts to ban some books and restrict lessons about Black history and other social issues.
Freedom to Learn rally in D.C. denounces book banning and attacks on DEI
The protesters who gathered in the nation’s capital on Friday were not there to add sonic layers to the chorus in defiance of Israel’s actions in Gaza, as one might expect lately. Instead, they were there to stand against the ongoing banning of books and the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Freedom Summer 2024: Teaching the Youth about Our Truth
The miseducation of Black students and the disinvestment in Black education in America is an ongoing historical battle.
FREEDOM TO LEARN COALITION RALLY COUNTRY-WIDE FOR NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
The Freedom To Learn Coalition launched a day of rallies to advocate for education, racial justice, and democratic principles.
Civil rights leaders blast Supreme Court at their doorstep
Civil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to protest book bans and rising attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), saying limitations on education were hurting teachers, students and democracy as a whole.
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FOR RELEASE: Civil Rights Leaders Champion Freedom to Learn Ahead of National Day of Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2024) – Leaders of the nation’s legacy civil rights organizations today came together to endorse the Freedom to Learn campaign and join Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, Co-Founder and President of the African American Policy Forum in rejecting...
FOR RELEASE: No U-Turn on Racial Justice and Democracy — Freedom To Learn Coalition Organizes Second Annual National Day of Action to Declare Freedom Summer 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Leading civil rights groups, LGBTQ+ groups, education advocates, social justice organizations, scholars and students held rallies across the country for the Freedom to Learn NATIONWIDE — On Friday, May 3, 2024, The...
FOR RELEASE: Organizational Letter Endorsing the Freedom to Learn Campaign
FOR RELEASE: Contact: Human Rights Watchwww.hrw.org As organizations, groups and initiatives committed to the pursuit of human and civil rights, advocating for marginalized communities and defending racial and gender justice in the United States, we are proud to...
FOR RELEASE: SPLC JOINS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR ‘FREEDOM TO LEARN’
FOR RELEASE: Contact: Southern Poverty Law Centerwww.splc.org American education is in crisis. Books are being banned, curricula censored. State laws are stripping educational instruction of so-called “divisive concepts” involving race, history, sexual orientation and...
FOR RELEASE: Legacy Civil Rights Leaders Officially Endorse the Freedom to Learn Campaign
FOR RELEASE: Contact: National Urban Leaguewww.nul.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4, 2023) – Today, leaders of the nation’s Black-led legacy civil rights organizations emphatically rejected the effort to suppress Black history and endorsed the Freedom to Learn...
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- WEAA: Dr. Kaye attends National Day of Action Freedom to Learn March in D.C.
- News Nation: Activists protest book bans, curriculum censorship outside SCOTUS
- USA Today, The Excerpt Podcast: National Correspondent Deborah Barfield Berry discusses protests against book bans and restrictions on Black history.
- The Connecticut Centinal: The Freedom To Learn Rally Descends On Washington, D.C. On May 3rd
- Diverse: Issues In Higher Education: Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.
- NewsTalk 1450: Freedom To Learn and the Power of the Black Male Vote
- The Washington Spectator: The Heritage Foundation’s Racist Origins and What That History Tells Us
- Duke Today: Sounding the Alarm on the Demonizing of Ideas
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