Historical narratives should strike a balance between examining racism and discrimination but also highlighting the resilience and resistance of communities throughout history so they’re instilling hope in young people and enriching the narrow, often cursory view of U.S. history provided by textbooks. “It’s imperative that teachers not reinforce a milquetoast version of Black history that is anti-Black because of its erasure of painful truths,” writes Rann Miller, an after-school program director in New Jersey. As a student, Rann learned about Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. “I heard very little of Malcolm X, the FBI’s campaign against civil rights leaders, the Rainbow Coalition put together by the Black Panther Party’s Fred Hampton, or Hampton’s assassination. I learned about the struggles of my enslaved ancestors, but not about Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, or Nat Turner.” #TeacherTip #TeacherTips #CulturallyResponsiveTeaching #StudentEngagement