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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the GI Bill was intended to provide benefits to all WWII veterans, African Americans and women who had served had difficulties taking advantage of them due to discriminatory practices at the state and local levels.
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Handout
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the Supreme Court decision of Shelley vs. Kraemer, relating to the enforcement by the courts of private agreements that exclude persons of color.
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Find Jim Crow laws, see signs, and read restrictive covenants that restricted freedom of movement, housing, and use of public facilities by African Americans in the late 19th and 20 centuries.