Civil Rights

Throughout history people have stood up for what they believed in.  This is especially true during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-1960s. 

Research one of the topics with a partner.  Take detailed notes in your 5W1H graphic organizer in order to get the full picture of your event.  Then, with your partner, use vivid word choice and thoughtful organization to retell the event as if you were a newspaper journalist during that time.

Brown vs. Board of Education--Supreme Court Case

Brown vs. Board of Education

Brown vs. Board of Education

 

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat

The Story Behind the Bus

Who is Rosa Parks?

Rosa Parks Achievement video

 

 

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Graphic Histories: Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who is Rosa Parks?

 

Little Rock Nine--Integration of Schools

Meet Melba Beals

Desegregation in Little Rock

 

24th Amendment to the Constitution

Time Magazine Article (1961)
Notice the date it was written!

US Embassy Kids

 

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964 Civil Rights Act

 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Video

 

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Voting Rights Act of 195 Video
click on the appropriate link

Voting Rights Act

 

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

"I Have a Dream" Speech Video
click on the appropriate link

On the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

Malcolm X

A Look at the Life of Malcolm X