Civil Rights
The civil rights movement in the United States.
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'Jena 6' Teen Agrees to a Plea Deal(CNN, December 3, 2007) According to this news update about Jena 6, Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June. | Facing Today | 04/10/2008 - 16:22 |
An American Love StoryThis study guide compliments the documentary, An American Love Story, a film that follows the everyday experiences of an interracial family who tries to figure out a way to overcome instances of racism. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 18:23 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Eight: Denial and Free SpeechDuring the ninety-one years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, officials from the Ottoman government, and later from the Republic of Turkey have refused to acknowledge the mass murder and deportation of Armenians and others constituted genocide. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 14:36 |
Bea Gotthelf, Civil Rights Activist, Recalls the Civil Rights MovementBea Gotthelf, who was active in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, recalls an incident that illustrates how scary the times were. | Video Clip | 07/16/2008 - 10:47 |
Boston Public Schools Civil Rights CurriculumThe three units we have developed require students to "do" history—to gather evidence from primary documents, use that evidence to make claims about the past, and then apply what they learn to their own lives today. | Unit | 10/15/2008 - 18:44 |
Cartoons: Tolerance and Freedom of SpeechCartoons: Tolerance and Freedom of Speech The recent controversy over cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammed has prompted serious questions about the responsibilities that come with freedom of the press and how particular religious beliefs should be respected within democratic, pluralistic societies. | Facing Today | 04/22/2008 - 12:00 |
Choices in Little RockChoices in Little Rock is a teaching unit that focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 - efforts that resulted in a crisis that historian Taylor Branch once described as "the most severe test of the Constitution since the Civil War. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:31 |
Choosing to Participate Study GuideThis study guide is designed to accompany the exhibit and to elaborate its key challenge: to think deeply about what democracy really means, and what it asks of each of us. Choosing to Participate focuses on four stories about the meaning of civic participation and the critical need to promote a just society: 1. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 19:13 |
Congressman John Lewis Describes Sit-InsCongressman John Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, recalls the purpose of sit-ins: "By sitting in, or sitting down, in the 1960s as students, we were really standing up for the very best in the American tradition. | Video Clip | 06/26/2008 - 10:37 |
Congressman John Lewis on the Civil Rights MovementForty years ago Congressman John Lewis could never have imagined that he could become a member of the House of Representatives. He speaks of the lessons of the civil rights movement: how Americans must come together "to create one house, one family" because "history teaches us we are all in the same boat. | Video Clip | 06/26/2008 - 11:17 |
