Teaching Segregation and Inequality in Housing and Education
Reading by Emilye Crosby
In recent years, there has been an outpouring of wonderful work documenting the structural basis of housing and educational segregation and inequality. This list of materials supplements the resources provided as part of Emilye Crosby’s “A Documents-Based Lesson on the Voting Rights Act: A Case Study of SNCC’s Work in Lowndes County and the Emergence of Black Power.”
Sarah Louise Keys
Reading by Deborah Menkart
The story of Pfc. Sarah Louise Keys, who refused to relinquish her seat to a white Marine and move to the back of the bus as she traveled from Fort Dix, N.J. to her family’s home in Washington, NC. The driver emptied the bus, directed the other passengers to another vehicle, and barred Keys from boarding it.
Bravery in Little Rock History Dilemma
Lesson by Chris Seeger
In this lesson, students consider what they would do if they were a white student at at an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas when it is ordered to desegregate and you see a Black student being harassed.
Freedom’s Main Line: Louisville, Kentucky 1870-1871
Reading by Maria Fleming
An 1870 protest against transportation segregation in Louisville, KY.
Blackwell v. Issaquena Board of Education
Reading by Dawn Keene
A civil rights suit filed on behalf of 300 African-American students from several schools across Issaquena County in Mississippi.
Dramatization of the Bus Boycott for First and Second Grade
Lesson by Maggie Donovan
View a video and written procedure for young students to role play the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Bigger than a Hamburger
Lesson by Maggie Donovan
An activity for young students to understand and visualize the various goals of lunch counter sit-ins inspired by Ella Baker's words, "current demonstrations are concerned with something much bigger than a hamburger."