- The Little Rock Nine and the Children’s Movement [1]
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This lesson is part of The Little Rock Battle for School Integration series, which introduces students to the actors and events central to the 1957 Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis. ... - Little Rock in Black and White [2]
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This lesson is part of The Little Rock Battle for School Integration series. The series introduces students to the actors and events central the 1957 Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis. ... - The Personal is Political: Daisy Bates [3]
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This lesson—the first in The Little Rock Battle for School Integration series—introduces students to important actors and events in the 1957 Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis. ... - The Little Rock Battle for School Integration [4]
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Most textbook accounts of the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement focus on the actions of Martin Luther King Jr. and epic events in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. However, before Birmingham, Freedom ... - Primary Documents [5]
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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 ... - The Voting Rights Act, 1965 and beyond [6]
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This lesson is the third in a series called Expanding Voting Rights . The overall goal of the series is for students to explore the complicated history of voting rights in this country. Two characteristics ... - The Freedom Riders [7]
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In this lesson, students will use a primary source—an NBC news report from 1961—to investigate the Freedom Rides. The lesson will also explore segregation in the South and the tenets of nonviolent protest. ... - A Time to Speak: A Speech by Charles Morgan [8]
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In this lesson, students will study Morgan’s speech to better understand the civil rights movement and the value of speaking out against injustice. On Sunday, Sept. 15, 1963, four ... - The March Continues [9]
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On November 5, 1989, thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Ala., to witness the dedication of the Civil Rights Memorial. It is a granite monument inscribed with the names of 40 martyrs who gave their ... - Oral History and Civil Rights [10]
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Little Rock isn't the only city or town with a civil rights history. The Civil Rights Movement and other struggles for justice have impacted every community in the United ... - Little Rock Nine: Activities [11]
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Activity Ideas :: Primary Documents (Grades 4-7): President Eisenhower waited nearly a month before sending federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine. The President's ... - Riding with Rosa [12]
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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 ... - Bus Boycott: Historical Documents Highlight Integration Milestone [13]
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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 ... - Freedom's Main Line [14]
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Learn how activists in Louisville, Kentucky successfully campaigned against segregated streetcars in 1870-71. Framework In 1865, four million newly emancipated slaves quickly ... - Little Rock Revisited: A Classroom Activity [15]
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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 ...
