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US Department of State

U.s. Department of State: Decades of Change: 1960 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the rise of cultural and ethnic pluralism that took place in America between 1960 -1980 causing major social change. Included were such movements as civil rights, women, Latino, Native-American, counterculture,...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
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Other

Jewish Women's Archive: Women of Valor: Bella Abzug

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this fascinating in-depth biography of Bella Abzug (1920-1998 CE), a civil rights activist and women's advocate elected to congress. Provides links to pictures, a timeline, and many personal narratives.
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Other

National Urban League Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage of the National Urban League, whose mission "is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights."
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Other

Aclu: Women's Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a summary of the role of the ACLU in gaining women's rights in a variety of areas. Informative timeline is available.
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Curated OER

University of Michigan:the Kennedy Myth and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Short paper in which the author asserts that Kennedy, contrary to popular belief, was a reluctant supporter of the Civil Rights movement.
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Curated OER

University of Michigan:the Kennedy Myth and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Short paper in which the author asserts that Kennedy, contrary to popular belief, was a reluctant supporter of the Civil Rights movement.
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Curated OER

University of Michigan:the Kennedy Myth and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Short paper in which the author asserts that Kennedy, contrary to popular belief, was a reluctant supporter of the Civil Rights movement.
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Curated OER

University of Michigan:the Kennedy Myth and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Short paper in which the author asserts that Kennedy, contrary to popular belief, was a reluctant supporter of the Civil Rights movement.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
A website about the history of Women's Suffrage and the fight for the right for women to vote from the Seneca Falls Convention to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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Digital History

Digital History: Freedom Now

For Students 9th - 10th
When four African American North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College students refused to leave the lunch-counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro they started the first non-violent, "sit-in" movement. Although the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Rosa Parks Arrested

For Students 9th - 10th
This 3-part article explores Rosa Park's famous act of civil disobedience -- refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Her subsequent arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and the 1956 Supreme...
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University of Michigan

Kellogg African American Health Care Project: William G. Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
Interview with Dr. William Anderson, first president of the Albany Movement. Picture, biographical information and links to 40 other interviews with black medical personnel about their experiences with discrimination.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Historian's Perspective: Winning the Vote: History of Voting Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian-authored three-part overview looks at the history of voting rights in America, touching on all the critical moments in American history when voting rights were first denied then granted to...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: The Chicano Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides information on the major concepts that fueled the Chicano Movement: focus on politics, economic change, education reform, challenging the Catholic Church, cultural renaissance, and Chicano expression.
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US National Archives

Nara: Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the way the Equal Rights Amendment moved through Congress. Find images of the discharge petition and joint resolution
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Little Rock Nine

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Little Rock Nine on this site. Site discusses how African-American students who fought to end segregation by attending an all-white high school.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Volume Iii: Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of 10 primary resources explores African American identity from 1917 to 1968, examining the changing notions of identity and affects on the definition of African American community.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Sites in the Digital Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
American Memory, online exhibits and other areas of the Library's Web site provide a broad range of digitized materials pertaining to the African American experience.
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: Separate but Not Equal

For Students 9th - 10th
Telling pictures of elementary schools for Blacks and Whites during the 50s and 60s. Discusses the situation in Prince Edward County that led to the Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County court case.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Al Sharpton

For Students 9th - 10th
The Reverend Al Sharpton, well known for his racial and political activism, is featured in a biography.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: Sncc Fought for Change From the Bottom Up

For Students 9th - 10th
A highly informative narrative on the development and philosophy of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, with comparisons to Dr. King's SCLC and the Black Panther Party. Good resource.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Angela Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Professor Angela Davis is featured in a brief biography for her outspoken political and social views.

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