The Civil Rights Era
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- Aug 14 2010 12:04 AM
Kathyleen Bishop
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This resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, documents the lives of African Americans during the Civil Rights Era--following World War II. Annotated links to primary source documents provide details about resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides" and rallies.
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Grade: TK/K to 12
Topics: History-Social Science, United States History
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HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.1 Explain how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rig...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.11.11 Explain how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rig...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.2 Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution o...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.3 Describe the collaboration on legal strategy between African American and white ...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.4 Examine the roles of civil rights advocates (e.g., A. Philip Randolph, Martin Lu...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.5 Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.6 Analyze the passage and effects of civil rights and voting rights legislation (e...
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