The same day a Black man and a Jewish man were voted into the U.S. Senate, a mob holding Confederate and Nazi flags attacked the U.S. Capitol. As educators teach about Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of his birthday observation this month, acknowledge the link between the racism he resisted and the violence that was witnessed at the Capitol. 

Teaching Tolerance has compiled a list of resources to help foster related discussions within the context of U.S. history based on the events that happened at the Capitol.