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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: Sncc Fought for Change From the Bottom Up

For Students 9th - 10th
A highly informative narrative on the development and philosophy of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, with comparisons to Dr. King's SCLC and the Black Panther Party. Good resource.
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Stanford University

Mlk and the Global Freedom Struggle: Sit Ins

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the organization behind the sit-ins at southern businesses, first in Greensboro, North Carolina, then spread throughout the south. Of interest is the prominence of student-led protest. Be sure to look at the related events and...
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Other

Time, Inc.: Martin Luther King Jr.: Never Again Where He Was

For Students 9th - 10th
Original article text from Time Magazine, January 3, 1964, in which Martin Luther King, Jr. was featured as "Man of the Year."
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reasoning, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Brochures and a speech from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference describing the organization's philosophy, its strategy, and its position on voting rights, civil disobedience, and segregation.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site gives the six-year history of this college based group that supported the civil rights movement and tells of its nonviolent philosophy.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
Two months after the Greensboro sit-ins, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed to coordinate the sit-ins and other forms of social activism against white oppression.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Julian Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative biography of one of the founding leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leading civil rights group of the 1960s.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee provides information on a civil rights activist, Ella Baker (1903-198 ), and her accomplishments.
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Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Fannie Lou Hamer

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee site offers a brief biography on Fannie Lou Hamer.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Dr. King's Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
There are 4 "Guiding Questions" which reveal the content of the lesson plan provided in "Dr. King's Dream:" "What do we mean by the term 'civil rights'?" "Who was Martin Luther King, Jr., and how did he fight for civil rights?" "What can...
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Digital History

Digital History: Freedom Now

For Students 9th - 10th
When four African American North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College students refused to leave the lunch-counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro they started the first non-violent, "sit-in" movement. Although the...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Julian Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
Relates biographical information on the life and career of politician and civil rights activist, Julian Bond. He was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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Other

Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An online look at the role Atlanta played in all parts of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Sit in Movement

For Students 4th - 8th
Just like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the first sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter was the beginning of a nonviolent movement to challenge "white only" laws. Read about how the sit-in movement spread across the South. See how...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sncc and Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), two groups that played pivotal roles in organizing nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: The First March From Selma

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article details a key event in the civil rights struggle--the demonstration organized by the Rev. Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965, when 525 people met a police blockade on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Handout
A&E Television

Biography: Julian Bond (1940 2015)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a biography of civil rights activist Julian Bond.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Baker, Ella

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article tells about Ella Baker, one of the most influential women in the civil rights movement.
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Handout
Other

Greensboro Sit Ins: James Farmer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief description of Farmer's role in support of the Greensboro sit-ins. An audio clip is included.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Sncc and Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the two civil rights groups that organized nonviolent protests during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Black Power Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set addresses the representations of the Black Power Movement through artifacts from the era, such as sermons, photographs, drawings, FBI investigations, and political manifestos.
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Website
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Ella Baker

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Ella Baker for her role in the Civil Rights Movement in America.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (Sncc)

For Students 9th - 10th
Features interesting information, history, and facts relating to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Fannie Lou Hamer

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical sketch of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.