MOCHE Munchies - February 2021

Each month, the Missouri Council for History Education will publish “MOCHE Munchies”: brief introductions to online resources and upcoming events related to history education. We hope you’ll browse and imbibe!

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • We had our first MOCHE History Education Community to discuss Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Pulitzer Prize- winner Isabel Wilkerson, and it was awesome! (And quite well attended, if we do say so ourselves.) We’ll be meeting again February 23rd at 7 PM to discuss Parts 4 and 5. Check the website for the Zoom link here and tell your friends! You don’t need to attend all three sessions – just drop in when you can.

  • The American Library Youth Media Awards (the Newberry, the Caldecott – you know, THOSE awards) have just been announced, and they’ve praised some great history books for children and young adults including BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, We Are Water Protectors, Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. The list includes the Alex Awards, the best ten books for adults that appeal to teens, and isn’t what appeals to teens a mystery we’d all like to solve?

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO:

  • Speaking of R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Dr. Amanda Izzo will be talking about the legacy of the Equal Rights Amendment struggle on February 2nd. Join in at the Missouri Historical Society.

  • Are you in a New York state of mind? Head uptown (virtually, of course) to the Schomburg Center for “Civil Rights Legacies: Martin, Malcolm, Gwen, and Julian” on February 4. Register here.

  • The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy has it all going on this semester. Check out the visit from Northwestern prof. Kate Masur (that’s the co-editor of the Journal of the Civil War Era, y’all) February 19 for a discussion of the Missouri Compromise. Details here.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:

  • Full confession, dear reader: this author has a bias toward U.S. history. It’s great to branch out once in a while and these Steve McQueen Small Ax films available on Amazon Prime are just the ticket. Set among London’s West Indian community over two decades, they draw from true stories including those of the Mangrove Nine and London police officer Leroy Logan. Pour the popcorn and find out what was groovin’ across the pond in the ‘60s, ‘70’s, and ‘80’s.

Will Armon