Gina Tillis

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[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@scottmpetri @csunorthridge That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

#sschat Q6/A1 We have used oral history projects as a means of engaging inter-generational conversations.
Smithsonian How to Oral History: https://t.co/zxYkHjRnxZ
StoryCorp Tips for a great conversation: https://t.co/kDR3c2OsY0

[Anna Falkner @falkneac]

#sschat Q3/A4 Other picture books which help tell the diverse stories of school desegregation are I Am Not a Number, by Jenni Kay Dupuis, Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, Duncan Tonatiuh, & The First Step:
by Susan E. Goodman

[Tim Hall, Ph.D. @ReligionMatter5]

Excellent resource on school segregation/desegregation! #sschat Thank you for sharing!

[Anna Falkner @falkneac]

#sschat Q3/A1 So often the stories told about school desegregation focus on one or two court cases, and not on the diverse experiences of children and the struggle for civil rights over a long period of time.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

#sschat Q5/A1 Resources that we have found helpful: university history/anthropology dept; local historical commission/society; city or county public library archive (newspaper and more); city visitor centers, museums, or office of tourism; non-profit organizations.

[Anna Falkner @falkneac]

Q5: What resources have you used to learn about local history in the past? Who might be useful to help you learn more about your local school district’s history? #sschat

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@classroomtools @ReligionMatter5 This was required reading when I was in undergrad. And one of the book that inspired me to study education.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@ReligionMatter5 Yes, the school district where my family is from did not "desegregate" until 1971. They definitely leaned into the "all deliberate speed" clause. https://t.co/SCyHZJn5HJ.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@CHitch94 Totally agree @CHitch94 ! All of my kinfolk went Edwards High, my dad, my grandma, great aunties and uncles, great and greater grand parents. When BvBOE happened they shut the school down and sent all my kinfolk to the white school to have a white education. SMH.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

#sschat I love all the talk about districts providing historical tours of their community and schools. Sociohistorical context matters #sschat

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

#sschat Q2/A1 In Memphis, members of the community decided it would be best to start with first graders, a group now known as the Memphis 13. Check out their story via this documentary https://t.co/rzMCKhTC9o or the @MEMThirteen website here: https://t.co/y4Jaa6cqJv

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@MrAllardSS We didn't either. There is such a big interest and need to have these conversations. Thank you for joining us tonight.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@Mrneilhistory Thanks, Matt. Happy to be here.

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

#sschat Q1/A1 We learned about our schools’ history primarily through conversations with friends and family and via books like:
“An Unseen Light: Black Struggles For Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee (Civil Rights and Struggle),” edited by Aram Goudsouzian & Charles W. McKinney

[Gina Tillis @ginatillis1]

@scottmpetri @falkneac @MEMThirteen Thanks, Scott. Still separate, still unequal.

[Anna Falkner @falkneac]

Welcome to #sschat on Teaching Local School Desegregation. I'm Anna Falkner, and joining me is Gina Tillis from the Memphis 13 Foundation @MEMThirteen

[Tim Hall, Ph.D. @ReligionMatter5]

It is almost time for #sschat!

[Anna Falkner @falkneac]

#sschat crew! Don't forget to join us tomorrow to explore how we teach about school desegregation. #edchat #UShistory #socialstudies

[The SSChat Network @SSChatNetwork]

Thanks #engsschat for another wonderful Monday evening collaboration. Join us next Monday, 8/7 at 8 pm EST for #sschat with our hosts Anna Falkner @falkneac from the University of Memphis and Gina Tillis from The Memphis 13 Foundation @MEMThirteen exploring school desegregation.