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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Desegregation

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of efforts to overthrow Plessy v Ferguson and desegregate public schools and other places during the Civil Rights Movement.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist: Vanessa Venable

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Vanessa Venable describes the impact of school closings in Prince Edward County, Virginia, from 1959-1964.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hyde County School Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Narrative tells the story of a yearlong boycott to protest the closing of historically black schools in Hyde County, North Carolina.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: School Desegregation, 1957 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a much larger site from PBS' American Experience's series, Eyes on the Prize, look through this multifaceted site that traces the resistance to implementing school desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court and shows the...
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PBS

Pbs: Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS always provides an excellent website! This time they turn their attention to the famous Brown case. Site presents educational photos and narrative about the long road to Brown and the long road ahead.
Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Plessy v. Ferguson (Excerpts)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find excerpts of the controverisal Supreme Court decision, Plessy v Ferguson along with the dissenting opinion by Supreme Court Justice, John Marshall Harlan.
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A&E Television

History.com: Black History Milestones

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed account of the history of African Americans is presented in this article. Divided by main topics or periods of time, the coming of slavery to America is the first focus. Followed by plantation life and escapes to freedom and...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion to a four-part PBS series about Jim Crow has a timeline with links to significant events and people, video and audio clips from the series, and in-depth backgrounders on Jim Crow issues and impacts.
Unit Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s. What Is Freedom? Webisode 7

For Students 9th - 10th
Webisode 7 - What is Freedom? ..The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Landmark Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the controversial issues regarding slavery and the effects they had on the Civil War amendments as well as on the fifth amendment. The site discusses events such as the Dred Scott case, the addition of the Civil War...
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Other

Hsi: First Days of School Desegregation

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site for students to learn about school desegregation. Photographs, oral histories and questions help guide the students to their conclusions.
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Other

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: What Was Jim Crow?

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of the Jim Crow laws and understood Jim Crow etiquette found across the South in the late 19th century.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Challenging Segregation in Public Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A senior high lesson plan on segregation in schools.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Naacp, Constance Baker Motley

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Justice Constance Baker Motley recalls her role as an NAACP attorney in landmark school desegregation cases.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Briggs v. Elliott, Harry and Eliza Briggs

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Harry and Eliza Briggs describe their experience in the first school desegregation case, Briggs v. Elliott.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Desegregation Mandate: Jefferson County, Al

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1967 federal court order resulted in this document, which mandated school desegregation in Birmingham.
Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Simple Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the civil rights quest for integrated schools from the beginning in 1849 through the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education and the struggle that ensued for decades following in the most reluctant...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Plessy vs. Ferguson" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Plessy vs. Ferguson" by Jessica McBirney accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Other

The Legacy of Brown v Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explores the history and legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education landmark Supreme Court case and addresses critical questions about race and ethnicity in America over the past 60 years.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Travel Places of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a list of historic places of the Civil Rights Movement, complete with an itinerary and a map. Clicking on a place on the map will give information about that place.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Civil Rights Jim Crow in America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source materials that reflect the Jim Crow laws in the United States. Includes analysis tools and teacher guides.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: The Progresssive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This Grolier On-line Encyclopedia article hits the main points of the Progressive Era stretching from the 1890s until just after the end of World War I.
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PBS

Enlightenment: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers background, further study links, the issue before the court, the ruling and results, and discussion ideas for the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

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