Noelle Trent's guest appearances

Noelle Trent

Teaching Hard History

Liz Kleinrock

Jim Crow

Courtland Cox

Dom Flemons

Hakeem Jeffries

Charles McKinney

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Paul Finkelman

Edward E. Baptist

Kate Shuster

Marian Dingle

Bria Wright

Marvin Reed

Alice Mitchell

OwlTail

Guha Shankar

Todd Moye

Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This episode highlights online oral history collections including the Civil Rights History Project. It offers recommendations for students conducting their own oral histories. And it explores resources from the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Our latest Spotify playlist has even more Movement Music inspired by this episode.  New For Educators  Get a professional development certificate for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit learningforjustice.org/podcastpd. And visit the enhanced episode transcript for additional classroom resources about using primary sources to teach the Black freedom struggle.

Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This episode highlights online oral history collections including the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Civil Rights History Project</a>. It offers recommendations for students conducting their own oral histories. And it explores resources from the <a href="https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel</a> in Memphis, Tennessee. Our <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4b4QUjEEXBYOHNRdqn34kj" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">latest Spotify playlist</a> has even more Movement Music inspired by this episode.  New For Educators <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei4YvCNb5ZLhO1T437gDNyIoUpGcYFJJIuSYkLrZaToTmFTg/viewform?usp=pp_url&amp;entry.1748617993=12:+Listen,+Look+and+Learn:+Using+Primary+Sources+to+Teach+the+Freedom+Struggle" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Get a professional development certificate</a> for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit <a href="http://learningforjustice.org/podcastpd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learningforjustice.org/podcastpd</a>. And visit the <a href="http://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/civil-rights-movement/listen-look-and-learn-using-primary-sources-to-teach-the-freedom-struggle" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">enhanced episode transcript</a> for additional classroom resources about using primary sources to teach the Black freedom struggle.

Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle – w/ J. Todd Moye, Guha Shankar, and Noelle Trent