Resistance Means More Than Rebellion

For a more complete picture of enslaved people's experiences, we need to expand our understanding of resistance. Kenneth S. Greenberg, Ph.D., examines the numerous ways enslaved African Americans incorporated resistance into every aspect of their lives, offering a lens to help students see how enslaved people fought back against the brutality of slavery. Join host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., and Learning for Justice, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). (This episode originally aired in Mar. 2018.) Visit the new resource page for this episode (2025) , which includes essential ideas and teaching recommendations from the conversation, updated resources, and a complete transcript.

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Resistance Means More Than Rebellion is an episode from Teaching Hard History: American Slavery by Learning for Justice.

This episode is 01:07:02 long.

This episode was published on Aug 14, 2025.

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