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Students examine the relationships between blacks and whites in their community. For this racial discrimination lesson, students make race relations observations within their community and then write letters that reveal their observations and how they think Martin Luther King, Jr. would react.

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racism, discrimination, race relations, the civil rights movement

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american civil rights movement, black/white relationships, race relations, racial discrimination, social studies
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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1 day
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Research
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