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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Remembering Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment, NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill remembers civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height, who was a leader in both the African-American and women's rights movements. [5:06]
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Travel Places of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An impressive site that provides a map and detailed explanation of the major historic places of the Civil Rights Movement. These sites are also provided on a list, and you can learn more about the Civil Right Movement by perusing the...
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...
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Website
University of Virginia

Virginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of streaming video samples of television news footage from 1950 to 1970, along with an assortment of primary source documents, first-person accounts, a glossary of terms, and essays and analysis for learning about the...
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Unit Plan
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Road Trip! Through South Carolina Civil Rights History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of videos that take you on a journey through South Carolina to learn about significant events from the civil rights movement that took place there from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes maps, photo galleries, interactives,...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
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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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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fannie Lou Hamer Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore Fannie Lou Hamer and the civil rights movement in rural Mississippi.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African American Civil Rights Movement, 60s

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over the African American Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Lesson Plans: Civil Rights

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rich resource on civil rights from the early struggles of African Americans during slavery on through to today. Includes seven lesson plans for multiple grade levels, with information on standards.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Civil Rights Congress (1946 1956)

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry talks about the Civil Rights Congress, a group that gave legal defense for blacks, but was hampered by its support of the Communist Party during the Cold War.
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 34 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12)on the topic The Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement emerged after nearly a century of little progress for African Americans following the end of slavery. Explore the...
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PPT
Made From Media

Made From History: 18 Key Figures From the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of images showcases people who played pivotal roles in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Civil Rights Movement Expands

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over the expansion of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the state and progress of civil rights in the state of Texas since its emancipation from slavery in 1865.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: An Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Christina Greer details his life of advocacy as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and the challenges he faced as an openly gay black man.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 4: Civil Rights

For Teachers 4th
This instructional task asks students to explain the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on African Americans.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Mosaic America: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson unit designed to outline the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of African Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans.
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Handout
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of San Francisco: African American Rights Gold Rush Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information concerning African American rights in the California gold country before the Civil War.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Volume Iii: 1917 1968: Overcome?

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary resource material explores the outcome of civil rights protests and the Civil Rights Movement and examines what remains yet to overcome. Links to supplemental materials, discussions questions and notes.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius...
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...