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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1964: Spotlights

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the African American struggle for equal voting rights in 1964. Looks at the Mississippi Freedom Summer where college students helped to register black voters, the murder of three of those...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Reconstruction and Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical documents give evidence to the question of rights in the South following the Civil War. Historical narratives and government reports tell of giving the male slaves the right to vote and hold office while denying these rights...
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Digital History

Digital History: Voting Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1964 African Americans won the right to vote, but still had to jump through several hoops in some states before actually casting a ballot. Find out how voiting evolved into 1965.