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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Explorations in Black Leadership: John Conyers, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of interviews with John Conyers Jr., longest-serving African American in the House of Representatives. The videos may not work but the transcripts are available as well.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and...
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Other

Freshman Academy: New Approaches to Civil Rights [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from an American History book covers the extension of the application of civil rights that were legislated in the 1960s. Read about busing, affirmative action, disability rights movement, and the Native American protest...
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Black Past

Black Past: Conyers, Jr., John

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article gives a brief biography of John Conyers, member of the House of Representatives from Michigan.