Richard Wright, the famed author, loved to read but was prevented because of racist Jim Crow laws to use the public library. This true story shows how Wright enlisted the help of a white co-workers to make his dream of reading a reality.
This website corresponds with a PBS television series on America's Civil Rights movement and provides the stories and perspectives of people often times not heard. Videos, lesson plans, personal essays, and other suggested readings make this an all-inclus
The three units displayed 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.
A survey of the struggle for civil rights for all Americans up through the presidency of George Bush. From the beginning of Reconstruction to the present, traces the struggle of blacks to gain their civil rights in America, with a brief comparison of thei
Based on a true story about two male penguins that hatch an egg and raise the chick together. This book describes the true meaning of family.
