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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Timeline: Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this timeline of women in the Civil Rights movement.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Leader, Rev. C. T. Vivian

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, the Reverend C. T. Vivian remembers his leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement and the risks civil rights activists took in challenging segregation.
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Made From Media

Made From History: 18 Key Figures From the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of images showcases people who played pivotal roles in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Primary
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Resources: Robert Kennedy on Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reading the background information about Attorney General Robert Kennedy's report on civil rights enforcement activities of the Department of Justice in 1962, read the full transcript of the...
Handout
Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Civil Rights Movement 1960 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief, yet comprehensive, summary of the Civil Rights movement from 1960 until 1980. Includes civil rights policies of presidents Kennedy through Nixon.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Civil Rights Movement in America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource focusing on the men and women who fought for civil rights. Extensive links to discussion questions, related information, timeline, and activities.
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Stanford University

Beyond the Bubble: Civil Rights Movement in Context

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The two letters presented here are from the archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and were written over twenty years apart. Students must read the letters...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Civil Rights: An Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through the lesson provided here, students will not only learn about civil rights and civil liberty but also understand the key roles played by President Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. The detailed...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in post World War II America.
Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with multi-media resources, including interactive timeline, video, photos and articles, from which students can explore the current Black Lives Matter movement and make connections to activism of the past and the role of...
Handout
Other

Finding Dulcinea: Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Rosa Parks is featured in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to civil rights, including her actions in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Civil Rights Movement Photo Story Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will be able to explain various events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement. The students will be divided into groups of 5. Each student within the group will receive an individual role of...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Scrapbook

For Students 9th - 10th
These materials document the goals and activities of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Harold Belafonte

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography highlights how musician Harry Belafonte played a part in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief biography on the role Jimmy Carter played in the Civil Rights Movement.
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: John Conyers, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography on John Conyers, Jr that highlights his achievements in the Civil Rights Movement.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Naacp: A Century in the Fight for Freedom: Civil Rights Act of 1957

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, a document adopted at the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Click on the document to see the primary resource.
Handout
Other

International Civil Rights Center and Museum: America's Civil Rights Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a timeline of the civil rights movement from the Dred Scott Supreme Court case in 1857 up to the affirmative action policy instated at the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
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Other

Encyclopedia Virginia: Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the Civil Rights Act of 1964, paying particular attention to how Virginia Representative Howard W. Smith added an amendment intended to kill the act by making it cover gender discrimination as well as racial. Read...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Democracy in America: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit embraces those individuals who have brought change to the United States in both social and political equality through a Video on Demand, activities, and other enlightening resources.
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Northern Illinois University

Illinois Periodicals Online: Everett Dirksen and the 1964 Civil Rights Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate as a way to control legislation.In the discussion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the longest filibuster in history was launched as a way to keep the legislation from coming to a...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of the life and leadership of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist best known for her stirring testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: William Clinton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this succinct biography of President William Clinton in regards to his role in Civil Rights.

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