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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which sought to make discrimination illegal, and the resistance they faced from the public and government officials. As time passed, African Americans began to...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Lyndon Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's on how to end poverty in the United States as well as how to protect civil rights.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: A National Struggle: Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page segment of a larger PBS site about Jim Crow discusses the role of Congress over close to 100 years in first entrenching Jim Crow laws in the law of the land, and eventually, through the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars will explore how King's deep-seated commitment to nonviolence contributed to the expansion of social justice in the United States, particularly for African Americans.
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Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Selma to Montgomery March

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most famous events in Civil Rights history, this report covers the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...