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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the persisitence of President Lyndon B. Johnson in finally enacting the momentous civil rights legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Find out about his adversaries and allies in getting this legislation passed.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Moving Toward Equality Under Law

For Students 9th - 10th
As new free and slave states were admitted to the Union prior to the Civil War, political divisions kept growing, despite attempts to balance the numbers of each. The South pushed for slavery to expand westward, while anti-slavery...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: An Overview of the African American Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson with article and questions for discussion on the experience of African-Americans beginning with the slave trade.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Slave Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
Article and questions for discussion on the slave trade. Students read about how Europeans captured, transported, and sold African men, women and children into slavery.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Constitution and Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Article and questions for discussion on the controveries surrounding slavery while writing the U.S. Constitution and forming a new U.S. government.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: African Americans and the 15th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on equal rights and the series of events leading to the passage of the 15th Amendment. Includes questions for discussion and an activity in which students re-create the Voting Rights Convention.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Social Protests

For Students 9th - 10th
Article with questions for writing and discussion on the social protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Students analyze the strengths and weaknesses of various strategies used during the 50s and 60s to challenge segregation and improve...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Marcus Garvey

For Students 9th - 10th
Article summarizing the life and work of Marcus Garvey.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Gandhi and Civil Disobedience

For Students 9th - 10th
Article which highlights the life and work of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Thurgood Marshall

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview on the life and accomplishments of Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Literature by and About African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A bibliography collection of literature by and about African Americans. Includes a selection of memoirs, fiction and non-fiction work.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Jackie Robinson: Desegregation Begins With a Baseball

For Students 9th - 10th
Article presenting the story of Jackie Robinson and how he challenged segregation through American baseball.

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