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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/mary-beth-tinker-on-constitution-day/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 5/9/25] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/mary-beth-tinker-on-constitution-day/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 5/9/25] | ||
In preparation for Teach Truth on Constitution Day in 2025, a consortium of groups produced an instruction video for teachers called Teach Truth on Constitution Day Planning Session for Educators — Our Freedoms, Our Futures. The video opened with remarks from free speech activitist Mary Beth Tinker (Tinker v. Des Moines). Representatives from the NEA, the American Constitution Society, Zinn Education Project, and AFT’s Share My Lesson shared examples of teaching resources on the Constitution. | In preparation for Teach Truth on Constitution Day in 2025, a consortium of groups produced an instruction video for teachers called Teach Truth on Constitution Day Planning Session for Educators — Our Freedoms, Our Futures. The video opened with remarks from free speech activitist Mary Beth Tinker (Tinker v. Des Moines). Representatives from the NEA, the American Constitution Society, Zinn Education Project, and AFT’s Share My Lesson shared examples of teaching resources on the Constitution. | ||
=====March 30, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fifteenth-amendment/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
On March 30, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was formally adopted. It had been ratified on February 3, 1870 as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. On March 30, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish proclaimed the 15th Amendment to be officially part of the U.S. Constitution. | |||
