Key Dates in Voting Rights History
Voting Rights Josh Davidson Voting Rights Josh Davidson

Key Dates in Voting Rights History

Timeline by Emilye Crosby
This timeline of key dates in the struggle for voting rights is provided as background information for “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” by Emilye Crosby.

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Bloody Selma
Voting Rights Josh Davidson Voting Rights Josh Davidson

Bloody Selma

Reading by Prathia Hall
This essay about organizing in Selma is excerpted, with permission, from Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC.

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The Alabama Project
Voting Rights Josh Davidson Voting Rights Josh Davidson

The Alabama Project

Reading by CRMVet.org
In September 1963, when four young girls were killed in the Birmingham bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church, Diane Nash Bevel and her husband James Bevel drew up a "Proposal For Action in Montgomery" — a plan for a massive direct action assault on denial of voting rights.

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Freedom Fighter: The Life and Legacy of Ms. Dorie Ladner
Voting Rights Allison Acosta Voting Rights Allison Acosta

Freedom Fighter: The Life and Legacy of Ms. Dorie Ladner

Interview by Maestra Productions
Dorie Ladner was a passionate civil rights activist and leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. This interview about her life was conducted in 2017 by Maestra Productions in collaboration with Bowie State University Department of Fine and Performing Arts and Teaching for Change.

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Bigger than a Hamburger
Desegregation Josh Davidson Desegregation Josh Davidson

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."

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Key Events in 1963 History
Framing the Movement Josh Davidson Framing the Movement Josh Davidson

Key Events in 1963 History

Reading by Julian Hipkins III and Deborah Menkart
The year 1963 was pivotal to the modern Civil Rights Movement. To support teaching about 1963 events, we describe here some of the key events and milestones in the Movement. Where possible we list recommended books, primary documents, film, and articles for learning more.

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The Borning Struggle: An Interview with Bernice Johnson Reagon
Framing the Movement Josh Davidson Framing the Movement Josh Davidson

The Borning Struggle: An Interview with Bernice Johnson Reagon

Interview of Bernice Johnson Reagon by Dick Cluster
Through the story of the growth of the Civil Rights Movement in one town, Albany, Georgia, students get an insider's perspective on how and why people got involved in the Movement, collaboration and tension between groups, the integral role of music as a unifying and strengthening force, and the impact the Movement had on the town and its people.

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