Civics Lessons for a Stronger Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 18, 2017

L. Joy Williams, President of the Brooklyn National Association for the Advanced of Colored People (NAACP), creator and host of Sunday Civics podcast, explains the importance of civic action, and argues it falls to schools to teach students how to become active participants in democracy at an early age.

@ljoywilliams weighs in on the ideals of American citizenship that marginalized people and immigrants bring to civics. pic.twitter.com/lUsPDJ0NqH
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 18, 2017

YES. Something I encourage my students to do. You cannot fully engage without knowing what YOU believe. https://t.co/56VFfDyEK2
— Kelly Dittmar (@kdittmar) July 18, 2017

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