Resources: Civil%20Rights%20Movement

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Through My Eyes

Ruby Bridges tells what it was like to be a first-grader integrating an all-white school in New Orleans in 1963. She also explains how the experience affected the rest of her life. Full of pictures that enhance this vivid, personal, and touching account.

Type: Book: Non-Fiction • Grade Level: 4 - 8
Categories: Civil Rights Movement 
Keywords: Civil Rights Movement  school desegregation  autobiography 

African American History

Africanaonline.com founded by Toonari Corp. is a black history resource for students and teachers as well as newspapers such as the New York Times, the Boston Herald and the Houston Chronicle.

Type: Website: Background • Grade Level: All Grades
Url: http://africanaonline.com/
Categories: Civil Rights Movement  Racism  US Revolution 
Keywords: Civil Rights Movement  African American History 

Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching

The book includes interactive and interdisciplinary lessons, readings, writings, photographs, graphics, and interviews, with sections on education, labor, citizenship, culture, and reflections on teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. Provides lessons and articles for K-12 educators on how to go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement

Type: Teacher Resource: Background Article • Grade Level: All Grades •
Categories: African Americans  Civil Rights Movement 
Keywords: Civil Rights Movement 

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