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‘Footsteps to Freedom’ presenters urge educators to use local primary sources in literacy and history instruction
Summary
Footsteps to Freedom, an immersive history program led by Hardy Brown Jr. and collaborators, was presented to the board as a professional development opportunity that uses primary sources and multi‑site tours (Ohio, Michigan, Canada, New York) to deepen teachers' understanding of abolition‑era and local Inland Empire history.
Former board member Hardy Brown Jr. and current board member Andrea De Leon described the Footsteps to Freedom program to trustees, urging more educators to participate in the multi‑day, primary‑source‑centered history tour that visits Underground Railroad sites, historic Black college campuses and museums in the Midwest and Canada.
Brown described using primary documents, hand‑colored maps and…
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