Teaching Truth: Bringing Archives to the Classroom

Join educator and activist Jesse Hagopian for a keynote conversation on his new book and strategies to resist efforts to censor critical discussions of race and history. Hagopian’s new book, , addresses the recent surge in legislation aimed at prohibiting the teaching of Black history and calls for teachers and students to combat these efforts. This converation will be also be streamed on our YouTube channel.

Plus, learn about the a series of ready-to-use curriculum guides that draw on unique primary sources to help educators in teaching Black history, experience, and culture. Participants will attend workshops to get an in-depth look at sample lessons featured in the educator guide.

PRIMARY SOURCE WORKSHOPS

• Black Women and Self-Representation | Explore some of the ways in which Black women challenged racial stereotypes and celebrated their agency, womanhood, and beauty by creating new public images for themselves.
• Black Panther Party in Harlem | Explore how the Black Panther Party galvanized the support of the Harlem community by imagining radical grassroots solutions to human rights issues that the government had failed to address.

GUEST SPEAKER

Jesse Hagopian is an educator in Seattle and the author of the book, . Jesse is an editor for magazine, a founding member of Black Lives Matter at School, and the director for the Zinn Education Project’s “Teaching for Black Lives" campaign. Jesse is the co-editor of the books, , , , and the editor of .

In-person participants will receive a free signed copy of Teach Truth, while supplies last, and eligible NYS teachers will receive 4 hours of CTLE credit. Credit is not available for virtual attendees.

Space is limited! Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Light breakfast will be provided for those attending.

IN-PERSON SCHEDULE

8:15 AM | Breakfast

9 AM | Conversation with Jesse Hagopian

10:30 AM | Workshop 1

11:30 PM | Workshop 2

12:30 PM | Closing

1 PM | End of Program

VIRTUAL SCHEDULE

9 AM | Conversation with Jesse Hagopian

10:15 AM | Close

This program is co-sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and NYPL’s Center for Educators and Schools.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ACCESSIBILITY | Live captioning is available for streaming programs. ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected].

PRESS | Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at [email protected]. Please note that professional video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent.

Teaching with the Schomburg Center 's Archives was made possible in part by a grant to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, MH-00-19-0031-19.

The work of the Center for Educators and Schools is part of the Library’s overall commitment to our branch patrons and education programs, led by the Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Director of The New York Public Library. Major support for educational programming is provided by Merryl H. and James S. Tisch.

The Center for Educators and Schools is supported in part by a generous grant from the Hearst Foundations.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, United States