“here in North Carolina, Republicans launched a specific attack on civics education because they don’t want an educated and engaged and informed population, because those are the kinds of people that hold people accountable. Right? (Interview with Truthout)” EducationAccountabilityCivicsNorth Carolina Author:Bree Newsome Bass
“I don’t think most people are well informed on the history of voting rights. I don’t think most people are well informed on the concept of democracy even. And that is all intentional. We have, in my view, experienced a generation of deliberate miseducation and historical revisionism around the civil rights movement specifically, around the history of voting rights, around what voting is” EducationDemocracyAmerican HistoryCivil Rights MovementUs HistoryVoting Rights Author:Bree Newsome Bass
“you can’t possibly move people who don’t have a collective understanding. We can’t mobilize masses of people in a direction without having a clear sense of what we are mobilizing around. (Interview with Truthout)” EducationAwarenessMovementActivism Author:Bree Newsome Bass