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Watson.org: African American History: School Integration
A history of the attempt to integrate schools in Little Rock, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
Other
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka: Case Background
Gives the background to the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Plessy v. Ferguson
A short article describing the impact of Plessy v. Ferguson on the 14th Amendment. Links to other sites.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Discusses the famous Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Barbara Johns
The amazing story of Barbara Johns, the 16-year-old who called a strike and walk out to protest the overcrowding of Robert Russa Moton High School.
Other
Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education, 347 u.s. 483
Contains the text to the appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education
A learning module that begins with "The Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education" by U. S. Supreme Court, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The South After the Civil War: Jim Crow
Explains how Jim Crow laws came to be created in the South and what it meant for African Americans. Discusses the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, how its decision was eventually overturned, and the events that brought an end to...
PBS
Teachers' Domain: Understanding White Supremacy
This lesson plan explores some of the structures that supported the system of white supremacy in the South. Students watch a video of historical footage showing white resisistance, and examine ordinances and documents of white supremacy...
Curated OER
Nmah: Separate but Equal: The Law of the Land
Photo of Supreme Court judges who decided Plessy v Ferguson
Other
Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka: Background
Provides a background summary for the Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka case.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Constance Baker Motley
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Constance Baker Motley, an American lawyer and jurist, an effective legal advocate in the civil rights movement and the first African American woman to become a federal judge.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Atlanta Compromise
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about Booker T. Washington and the 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson Case
Article provides an overview and detailed facts about the impact of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case on racial segregation.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Founders Quotes
Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood. -...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Pursuit of Justice
This book analyzes 30 Supreme Court cases chosen by a group of Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators as the most important for American citizens to understand. An additional 100 significant cases included in state history...
US National Archives
Our Documents: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Learn about this landmark Supreme Court case on the issue of racial discrimination . Provides an image of a document from the case files and a transcript of the opinion delivered in 1896 by Justice Henry Brown "which sustained the...
Digital History
Digital History: The 14th Amendment and the Jim Crow Laws [Pdf]
Read about the background of the passage of the 14th Amendment which resulted in the famous case before the Supreme Court, Plessy v Ferguson, almost thirty years later. Suggested student exercises ask students to assess the issue of...
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