The Civil Rights Movement

Rev. Joseph Lowery, who delivered the benediction at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement. They were among the many activists ...

In this activity, students will summarize biographies of individuals who fought racism and helped make it possible for a black man to serve as President of the United States. Along they way, they'll ...

My freshman English students struggle to connect with the reality of legal segregation as an influential and tangible element of our country's historical past. While studying ...

Students will explore how the concept of nonviolence affected and united social change movements in the 20th century. This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. ...

Teaching Tolerance considers the legacy of Dr. King's dream of a just and equal society for all and how much of the dream remains deferred. Now I realize that there are those ...

Teaching Tolerance offers activities and resources about the winding road toward, and away from, integrated schooling in the U.S. Timeline of School Integration This timeline ...

A photo prompt helps students experience history. Ever wish you could go back in time and be part of history? With this activity, students can be "riding with Rosa" and ...

Using literature to help high school students examine the violence and loss of innocence of the 1960s For the last six years I have used Robert McCammon's Boy's Life ...

Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation. "Always remember ...

Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation. "Neutrality ...

Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation. Objectives ...

Students learn the importance of being an ally through the story of Juliette Hampton Morgan, a white woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during segregation. Healthy racial ...

Teaching Tolerance offers an extended classroom discussion with Internet resources. As a follow-up to National Youth Violence Prevention Week or an activity for Malcolm X's birthday (May 19), the activity ...

This activity asks students to read and compare the language of two oral histories, asking them to think about prejudice, stigma and fundamental rights and freedoms. Objectives ...

Georgia native Susie King Taylor was a teacher who traveled with the Union troops during the Civil War. The story of this unsung hero and her accomplishments as a young teenager gives new meaning to the term ...

Ida B. Wells is best known for her activism in the anti-lynching campaign. She moved to Chicago in her 20s and was a major figure in suffrage and women's club movements. ...

Frances Watkins Harper challenged power structures in the South, talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education. Objectives Students will ...

A poetry lesson weaves together the past, present and future of Emmett Till's tragic story. Students will empathize with the ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. This activity is based on ...

This activity is designed for use with our free curriculum kit, Mighty Times: The Children's March , designed for the middle and upper grades. Question and answer activity ...

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law. On December ...

Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Beneath the surface of many landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Gayle v. Browder , are fascinating stories about everyday ...

Learn how activists in Louisville, Kentucky successfully campaigned against segregated streetcars in 1870-71. Framework In 1865, four million newly emancipated slaves quickly ...

Students can make a pledge to help end continued racism. Back in 1926 when Dr. Carter G. Woodson established a week-long celebration of the contributions of African Americans to the ...

Use this excerpt from Lewis's Walking with the Wind to explore the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement produced many African American heroes. Among those at the ...

Black students everywhere made history as pioneers paving the way for racial integration in their hometowns.   These activities complement the article, Little Rock Revisited: 40th Anniversary of ...