Martin Luther King Jr. left the famous march from Selma to Montgomery to come to Cleveland. Why? To encourage voter registration as a way for black people to let their voices be heard. Support materials are provided. [2:47]
Learn about the connection between Maya Angelou and Malcolm X, and their work in Ghana, in this video [3:13] from American Masters, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Discussion questions are included.
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Justice Constance Baker Motley recalls her role as an NAACP attorney in landmark school desegregation cases.
Two images that express the growing militancy of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. This article explains how Joe Overstreet (1934-) and Betye Saar (1929-) went head to head with the formidable Aunt Jemima and with wit and irony redefined her meaning.
Contains a copy of the original program for the March on Washington that featured Martin Luther King. Provides a summary of the civil rights movement at that time.
PBS always provides an excellent website! This time they turn their attention to the famous Brown case. Site presents educational photos and narrative about the long road to Brown and the long road ahead.
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.
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, psychologist Kenneth Clark describes his research that illustrated the impact of racism on African American children.
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses.
In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [5:59]
Through two primary source activities and a short video, students will learn about Parks' lifelong commitment to the Civil Rights Movement.
Explore how celebrities can use their influence to support social and political movements in this video [5:06] from American Masters, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me. Learn about the contributions of Sammy Davis, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement, his relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr., and how his story intertwines with greater issues of identity and power within the role of an activist. Support materials include discussion questions, vocabulary, and teaching tips on how to make connections to celebrity activists today. Teaching materials are included.
In this video segment, produced for the Levine Museum of the New South, Joseph De Laine Jr. and Ophelia De Laine Gona describe conditions in segregated South Carolina schools in 1950. [2:47]
This segment from American Experience: Simple Justice captures the legal issues and opening arguments in Brown v. Board of Education.
Article tracing the life, acts, and fame of the famous civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this video segment, poet Sonia Sanchez recites her poem Malcolm, as a eulogy to the slain civil rights leader, Malcolm X. Recorded for Eyes on the Prize.
Poet Sonia Sanchez, interviewed here for Eyes on the Prize, describes what the outspoken civil rights leader Malcolm X represented to African Americans in the 1960s.
This teacher lesson has the students explore discrimination and segregation and its impact on the Civil Rights movement. It begins by having the children look at rules and laws in society and then examine historical examples of segregation and how civil rights activists affected a change in laws.
From Debbie Levy: "Today, Jo Ann will be the first to remind you that she is just one of twelve black students who went through the agonizing experience of desegregating Clinton High School. She'll make sure you know that because of her parents' decision to leave, she spent only one semester there. The heroes, she'll say, are Bobby Cain and Gail Ann Epps - the ones who hung in there long enough to graduate despite the danger and discomfort of showing up, day after day, to a place where they knew they were not wanted. I say they are all heroes."
From Debbie Levy:"Today, Jo Ann will be the first to remind you that she is just one of twelve black students who went through the agonizing experience of desegregating Clinton High School. She'll make sure you know that because of her parents' decision to leave, she spent only one semester there. The heroes, she'll say, are Bobby Cain and Gail Ann Epps - the ones who hung in there long enough to graduate despite the danger and discomfort of showing up, day after day, to a place where they knew they were not wanted. I say they are all heroes."