Title: Teaching History for Justice
Author(s): Christopher C. Martell, Kaylene M. Stevens
Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York
ISBN: 9780807764749 Pages: 176 Year: 2020
The global challenge to racism we are witnessing right now implicates and calls upon us all to make structural and individual changes to make our societies hurt less. During an interview in June 2020, Angela Davis noted that this moment: “holds possibilities for change that we have never before experienced in this country…there is a historical continuum and [in] 2020 we are finally witnessing the consequences of decades and centuries of attempting to expel racism from our societies” (Channel 4 News, 2020). Educators are arguably in a unique position in the fight against racism, and Teaching History for Justice helps history teachers and students connect past to present in their communities with the ethical thrust that this moment demands.
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