RESOURCES

Below are a list of some resources for families, educators, and community members. It is not an exhaustive list and there is room for many more. If there are resources you would recommend, please email us at leecountyremembrance@gmail.com 

DIGITAL PROJECTS AND SOURCES 

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Equal Justice Initiative

Lynching in America

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A Red Record

Revealing lynching sites in North Carolina

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AL Dept. of Archives & History

Tuskeegee University's Record of Lynchings in Alabama from 1871 to 1920. Also see: Monroe Work Today

EDUCATION RESOURCES
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Teaching Hard History

A framework for teaching American Slavery (K-12)

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Teaching Tolerance 

Social Justice Standards

A set of standards K-12 for teaching social justice

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The 1619 Project Curriculum

Reading guide, lesson plans, and resources to bring 1619 into the curriculum and reframe American History (NYT)

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EDUCATION RESOURCES (BOOKS)

Teaching a People's History of Abolition and the Civil War

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Teaching for Black Lives

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Race Lessons: Using Inquiry to Teach about Race in Social Studies

OTHER BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson

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Where Do We Go From Here:

Chaos or Community

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The New Jim Crow:  

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

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