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By Jesse Williams in Zip06.com on June 23, 2020

Responding to the recent civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd as well as the specific racial inequalities revealed by the coronavirus pandemic, The Witness Stones Project, Inc. (WSP) is updating its program to better tie current events to American’s history of racial oppression.

WSP co-founder and chair Dennis Culliton, a retired Guilford social studies teacher, says he plans to ensure teachers who use the tools provided by WSP curriculum and training are able to help students understand not only the history of slavery and race in the United States, but draw explicit, local connections to what is happening today. Continue reading.