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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 3 16 15: March Commemorates Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday"

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on the events that occured fifty years ago in Selma, Alabama as part of the civil rights movement, and how the events of that day are being remembered now. Includes video.
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Article
NBC

Nbc Learn: Free Resources: Finishing the Dream: Learning From Civil Rights Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Over one hundred video clips, culled from NBS News archives, document events and issues of the civil rights era, from 1954-68. Also includes contemporary perspectives on civil rights, with videos of town hall-style conversations about...
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Website
University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "How Long? Not Long" 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
On March 25, 1965, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on a flatbed truck and delivered his "How Long? Not Long?" speech. The speech was delivered at the conclusion of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Included are the full text...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Picturing Freedom: Selma to Montgomery March, 1965

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery March, 1965." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: March 7: Daniel Webster & First March From Selma

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress, find a discussion of Daniel Webster and the slavery debate and a summary of the Selma March with historical pictures. LOC also includes links for further study.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Analyzing a Letter to Congress About Bloody Sunday

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will focus on a letter written to Congress about Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Students will determine that, due to television coverage, the author, Mrs. Jackson, was very aware of the events that day even...
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Lesson Plan
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Securing the Right to Vote: Selma to Montgomery Story

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson plan asking this essential question: "What conditions created a need for a protest march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and what did that march achieve?"
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: More Than 50 Years Old, Freedom Songs Still Inspire Today

For Students 3rd - 8th
"The Freedom Song" among others celebrate as the nation remembers the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month. This song rang out in the famous Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
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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
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Selma to Montgomery March

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most famous events in Civil Rights history, this report covers the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Selma March

For Students 9th - 10th
The Selma Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama took place in March 1965 as part of the voting rights movement.