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Black Past

Black Past: Wiley, George Alvin

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise encyclopedia entry recounts the life of George Alvin Wiley, founder of the civil rights organization, CORE.
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Black Past

Black Past: Whitney Young, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article gives biographical information about Whitney Young, civil rights leader and president of the National Urban League.
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Black Past

Black Past: Council on African Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article talks bout the Council on African Affairs which dealt with the correlation of the struggle of African Americans and the colonial problems in Africa. It was supported by many civil rights activists of the time.
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Black Past

Black Past: Freedom Rides (1961)

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article gives an interesting account of the Freedom Rides of 1961, which sparked later civil rights movements.
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Black Past

Black Past: Abernathy, Ralph

For Students 9th - 10th
In this encyclopedia entry you can read a brief account of Ralph Abernathy's part in the civil rights movement. There is a link to a website for more information.
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Handout
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The 1890s: End of an Era and the Quest for Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online exhibit called "Forever Free," this section deals with African Americans' efforts to establish themselves in society, despite increases in racism. Addresses topics such as Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, and voting rights.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Historic Site: Maggie L. Walker Home and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the remarkable life and career of Maggie L. Walker, an African American teacher and successful business woman. Also includes a gallery of personal photographs, an online tour Walker's home and information about her work as a...
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A&E Television

History.com: Black History Milestones

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed account of the history of African Americans is presented in this article. Divided by main topics or periods of time, the coming of slavery to America is the first focus. Followed by plantation life and escapes to freedom and...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Bringing History Home: Segregation History

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This 3rd grade unit introduces children to the history of segregation, from the end of the Civil War in 1865 through the 1940s. Its content bridges the period between slavery and the peak of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Activism in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
American sociopolitical activism became especially prominent during the period of societal upheaval which began during the 1950s. The African American civil rights movement led the way, soon followed by a substantial anti-war movement...
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Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Black History Month

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of six lessons for Grades 5 and up for Black History Month. The lesson plans explore the use of nonviolence in history, particularly with respect to the civil rights movement and African American history.
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Voting Rights Act (1965)

For Students 9th - 10th
Included at this site is the complete text and images of the original document of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This law outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that African Americans had endured.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Timeline of African American Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the timeline of the history African-American Civil Rights in the United States from the Emancipation Proclamation to the March on Washington to Barack Obama becoming president on this website.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Source: Civil Rights

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian offers a variety of teaching supplements to be used in lessons on civil rights such as documents, teaching strategies, and historic photographs. Civil rights for other minorities are also discussed.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the timeline of the history Civil Rights in the United States including major milestones in the African-American, disabled, Native American, and women's suffrage movements.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: The Civil Rights Movement (A Web Project)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive lesson plan has students thoroughly researching and creating a Civil Rights Movement project.
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Article
Curated OER

History Matters: w.e.b. Du Bois Critiques Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
W.E.B.DuBois, famous African American activist, wrote an essay disputing the path Booker T. Washington advocated in his Atlanta Compromise speech, and, instead, proposed a call for greater political power, civil rights, and higher...
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Website
Other

National Urban League Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage of the National Urban League, whose mission "is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights."
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making It, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from a novel and an interview that illustrate where the success of the civil rights movement left some middle class African Americans. They explore the obstacles the civil rights movement had to overcome and the movement's...
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Digital History

Digital History: Martin Luther King & Malcolm X on Violence & Integration [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were strong African-American leaders in the Civil Rights movement. Read about the differences in their approach to gaining civil rights for African-Americans. Find charts that compare their ideas on...
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Article
Other

Afgen: Ralph David Abernathy

For Students 9th - 10th
Baptist minister, Ralph David Abernathy is featured in this brief biography for his work with his friend Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Asking, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Attempts by African Americans to petition for their civil rights are described within this resource. This include attempts by the black citizens of Charleston to ask for civil rights by petition rather than demand them with protest.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New Hope?, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that critiques the early civil rights efforts of the Kennedy administration. It explores the obstacles the civil rights movement had to overcome and the movement's effect on the lives of African Americans.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Petitions, Making of African American Identity: V. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Three late-eighteenth-century petitions to state legislatures and one to Congress by enslaved or free African Americans seeking civil liberties. These four petitions, called "memorials", present a range of origins, goals, and outcomes.