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America's Civil Rights Movement

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Stories of Segregation—Purchasing Clothes at a Department Store

New February 2023! Percy Green explains why shopping for clothes was difficult during segregation.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 1:59

Analysis of Shelby County v. Holder

New February 2023! Three legal experts offer their opinions about challenges to the Preclearance Provision.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:58

Story of Segregation—My Protest at the Gateway Arch

New February 2023! Percy Green explains his act of civil disobedience during the construction of the Arch.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:16

Investigating Fair Housing Practices | Using Paired Testing

Learn how the Department of Housing and Urban Development uses "paired testing" to monitor fair housing practices throughout the country.

Grades: 7 - 12

Duration: 3:22

The Color of Change: A History of the Negro American Baseball Leagues

New December 2022! “The Color of Change” tells the story of baseball segregation through first-hand experiences and the significant contributions African-American players made to the major leagues.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 7:23

The Impact of Martin Luther King’s Assassination on Passage of the Fair Housing Act

New December 2022! Learn how President Johnson moved quickly to pass fair housing legislation in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:36

Frontier for Justice—America’s Civil Rights Movement

Find resources for National History Day related to America's Civil Rights Movement.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration:

Analyzing the Shelley v. Kraemer Housing Rights Case

New September 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri describes the Supreme Court's point of view in deciding the Shelley v. Kraemer housing rights case dealing with covenant agreements.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:47

The Importance of the Preclearance Provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

New August 2022! Center for Social Development Director Denise Lieberman explains the importance of the Preclearance Provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:58

Assessing Limitations, Impacts, and Implications of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

New July 2022! A distanguished panel of lawyers, historians, and constitutional scholars offer their assessment of the impacts of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the most important implications of the ...

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 8:27

Due Process and Equal Protection and their Application to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

New July 2022! Learn the meaning of "due process" and "equal protection" under the law and how those concepts were applied to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:49

Civil Rights, Interstate Commerce, and the Heart of Atlanta Motel Case

Learn how the Supreme Court decision in this test case validated the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after its passage.

Grades: 7 - 12

Duration: 3:27

Growing Up in Segregated St. Louis

New June 2022! Percy Green and Bernice Thompson share stories about their lives under segregation.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:39

Growing Up in Segregated America

New June 2022! Bernice Thompson speaks about the everyday segregation she experienced while growing up and its long-term impacts.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:40

Reena Evers-Everette Recounts What Motivated Her Father, Medgar Evers, to Get Involved in the Civil Rights Movement

New June 2022! Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of Medgar Evers, shares memories of why her father decided to get involved in the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 3:34

Growing Up in Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s

New June 2022!Reena Evers-Everette tells of the strengths of her community in the Delta and its weaknesses.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:07

Stories of Segregation–Growing Up in Mississippi

New May 2022! Reena Evers-Everette tells of the strengths of her community in the Delta and its weaknesses.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 5:07

Stories of Segregation–My Parents Picking Cotton

New May 2022! Reena Evers-Everette describes the painful work of picking cotton.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 2:07

Meet Thaddeus Adolphus Watson, a 100 year-old WWII Veteran

WWII veteran, Adolphus Thaddeus Watson, who served in the U.S. Army’s all black 351st artillery unit during the Battle of the Bulge, tells his life story.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 8:34

Experiencing Segregation–Losing a Friend

Sister Mary Antona Ebo shares a story of segregation.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 1:21

Experiencing Segregation–At the Lunch Counter

Sister Mary Antona Ebo shares what it was like to not be able to eat at a local restaurant due to the color of her skin.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 1:50

Experiencing Segregation–Growing Up in my Hometown

Sister Mary Antona Ebo describes not feeling welcome in her home town of Bloomington, IL because of the color of her skin.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 1:11

Experiencing Segregation–In the Military

William McAllister describes serving in the segregated Armed Forces.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 5:38

David Dennis Recalls Growing Up in the Louisiana Delta

David Dennis talks about missing school to work in the cotton fields when he was a child.

Grades: 5 - 12

Duration: 3:54

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