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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of the Supreme Court's opinion in the 1955 Brown II case decision, which placed increased emphasis on implementing the 1954 Brown decision to desegregate public schools, thus overturning the 1896 decision in Plessy vs....
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Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Plessy vs. Ferguson

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of the infamous Supreme Court decision that established the constitutionality of the principle of "Separate but equal," public facilities for members of different races. This was eventually overturned by the 1954 and 1955...
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Handout
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
Black Past

Black Past: Evers, Medgar

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia entry gives an account of Medgar Evers' life, including his importance as a civil rights leader and martyr. There is a link to a website to gain more information.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Meredith, James

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief encyclopedia entry about James Meredith, the first black to integrate the University of Mississippi. A link will take you to a website so you can see the papers he donated to Old Miss.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the course of the sit-ins at the lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, South Caroina during the first week of February, 1960.
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Website
Other

Negro Baseball Leagues

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource explains the history behind African American baseball leagues. Provides context to help visitors understand why these leagues came about and why they ended.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Teachers' Domain: Understanding White Supremacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan explores some of the structures that supported the system of white supremacy in the South. Students watch a video of historical footage showing white resisistance, and examine ordinances and documents of white supremacy...
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Handout
Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the development of the educational system in Arkansas. What struggles and challenges did education face historically? What were the effects of segregation, then of desegregation on the schools?
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Website
PBS

Pbs: The War: African Americans in World War Ii [Pdf] [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and activities based on Ken Burns' film, "The War." Insight into the experiences of African Americans during the World War 11 period; from the homefront to segregation in the military to the Double V campaign. Links to video...
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Activity
Curated OER

National Park Service: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Park Service provides backgroud on the historic U.S. Supreme Court racial segregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education. Includes a link to a PDF on related historical places (requires Adobe Reader).
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: The Jim Crow Era: The Life and Death of Jim Crow

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how Southerners continued to discriminate against blacks after the Civil War through Black Codes, or Jim Crow laws, which permitted practices such as segregation in public places and requiring literacy tests in order to vote.
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Website
Other

Core: Sit Ins

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the role of the sit-in as a non-violent way to protest segregation in the South.
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Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Mendel's Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a summary of a lecture given at the University of Washington about Mendel's Experiments concerning the 3:1 segregation ratio.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides an overview and detailed facts about the impact of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case on racial segregation.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Jim Crow Laws, Southern laws that legalized segregation.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Freedom Riders

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides numerous detailed facts and a summary of the Freedom Riders who boarded their buses in May 1961 to test segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals in the South.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Little Rock Nine

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn detailed facts about the Little Rock Nine crisis, the refusal to admit 9 African American students to the racially segregated Little Rock Central High in Arkansas in 1957.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: March on Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963, with the purpose of making demands for civil rights legislation and the elimination of racial segregation in public schools and jobs.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eugene "Bull" Connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical details on Eugene "Bull" Connor, Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, AL in 1961. He was an ultra-segregationist with close ties to the KKK known for enforcing racial segregation and denying civil rights to...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Birmingham Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Birmingham Campaign that was part of the Civil Rights movement for African Americans against segregation and southern Jim Crow laws on this light.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site,students learn about the history of Jim Crow Laws including segregation in the South, example laws, grandfather clauses, black codes, and how they got the name Jim Crow.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: African American Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the African-American Civil Rights Movement including segregation, Jim Crow laws, protests, Martin Luther King, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Little Rock Nine

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Little Rock Nine on this site. Site discusses how African-American students who fought to end segregation by attending an all-white high school.

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