Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Is All About Fairness [1]

Submitted by Paula Young Shelton [2] on March 28, 2013

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Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.

All day long in my first-grade classroom I hear, “That’s not fair!” It’s a primary concern for 6-year-olds—that everyone be treated equitably.

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Rosa Parks: Abused and Misused [5]

Submitted by Maureen Costello [6] on March 21, 2013

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When Idaho Rep. Brent Crane characterized Rosa Parks as a champion of states’ rights in a recent debate, it was a troubling sign of what happens when a nation doesn’t work hard to remember its history.

It’s bad enough that Rosa Parks’ decision in 1954 to stay put rather than give up her bus seat for a white man is so often seen as the reaction of a tired seamstress rather than the purposeful acti

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Sharing the Truth of Bayard Rustin [8]

Submitted by Elisa Pollard [9] on March 8, 2013

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Getting away from the “usual suspects” of the modern civil rights movement, this teacher introduced her students to Bayard Rustin.

It is easy to become discouraged in public education. I teach kids whose "home" schools have given up on them. They have parents who are incarcerated, absent from the home, ineffective.

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The Civil Rights Story Includes Gay Rights [11]

Submitted by John Adams [12] on February 14, 2013

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The lesson series, “The Role of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Civil Rights Movement, [14]” challenges instructors and students to rethink the ways in which race, gender, sexual orientation, politics and class intersect.

The civil rights movement is rich with stories about heroes and heroines—hundreds of everyday people committed themselves to change.

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Dr. King Opened Doors for Historic Presidency [16]

Submitted by Lisa Ann Williamson [17] on January 18, 2013

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The confluence of President Obama’s second inauguration and MLK Day is a fitting legacy and inspiration to continue making changes.

A couple years ago, my then 3-year-old daughter announced her intenti

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Little Rock Helps Students Connect with History [19]

Submitted by John Adams [12] on September 21, 2012

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Teaching African-American history to middle and high school students is sometimes daunting. I have found it is difficult for today’s youth to identify with a time when it was legal to discriminate against other human beings simply because of the color of their skin. Even more than the disconnect with the issues that were at the heart of the black freedom struggle, I was shocked at the lack of knowledge my students possessed about the long history that made something like Jim Crow possible.

Teaching African-American history to middle and high school students is sometimes daunting.

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Once Upon a Time in America [21]

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Number 42: Fall 2012 [22]

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Ten Things to Know about the March on Washington [24]

Submitted on August 28, 2012

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The 1963 March on Washington is perhaps the most iconic event from the modern civil rights movement. Almost a half-century ago, a quarter of a million Americans gathered to show solidarity for African Americans. While images of the March on Washington are engrained in our collective conscience, few may realize that the event defined and crystallized the social, political and moral revolution. To commemorate the event, here are 10 things you may not know about the March on Washington.

The 1963 March on Washington is perhaps the most iconic event from the modern civil rights movement.

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Dr. King’s Global Impact [26]

Submitted by Brenda Anfinson [27] on April 4, 2012

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When I teach lessons about Martin Luther King Jr., I always wonder exactly how students will connect with the events and themes. My adult students are refugees and immigrants from different cultural backgrounds. Some of them were cultural minorities in their countries. Others are experiencing racial discrimination for the first time in the United States.

When I teach lessons about Martin Luther King Jr., I always wonder exactly how students will connect with the events and themes.

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Teachers Inspired by Whitman College Movement [29]

Submitted by Michelle Higgins [30] on February 28, 2012

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My desire to share stories about some of the most important people and events in history led me to teach. That’s why I volunteered for a project with Whitman College students to teach a lesson on the civil rights movement in my three history classes.

Editor’s Note: Last month, Whitman College students participated in a service project to teach the civil rights movement [31] to students in t

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