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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in 1960s: Civil Rights Movement Marches On

For Students 11th - 12th
An examination of the civil rights movement of African Americans in the 1960s. Discusses the different forms of protest, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., the rise of Black Power, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X. This is...
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Handout
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religion in u.s. History: Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center details how Marcus Garvey implemented the largest mass movement in African-American history when he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Very interesting and informative with pictures and...
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains a mix of different information about Marcus Garvey and a photograph exhibit relating to his steamship company, the Black Star Line.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams & Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of civil rights activist Rob Williams and his belief that Black Americans needed to draw guns on violent racists.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Malcolm X Amd the Nation of Islam

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief biography of a leader for black power, Malcolm X. Read about his early life and conversion to the Nation of Islam. Find out what his goals were for blacks in America, and see how the means to the end was different from Martin...