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National History Day 2022-23–Frontiers In History: People, Places, Ideas

Check out our resources for National History Day 2022-23!

Grades: 6 - 12

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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

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

America’s Civil Rights Movement: Legislative Landmarks

Learn about the struggles and successes to pass landmark legislation during the Civil Rights Movement and the policies the legislation established.

Grades: 6 - 12

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Story of Segregation – Attending Church

Hear a story of what it was like to attend a segregated church.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:35

Selma March

This video provides newsreel footage from the "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma, Alabama from March 7, 1965. A young John Lewis is a leader of the march.

Grades: K - 12

Duration: 1:38

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a Template for Future Legislation

New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri describes how subsequent civil rights legislation in a variety of areas was modeled on the format and provisions of the 1964 Act.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:23

Applying the Commerce Clause to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri describes the Commerce Clause and how it was applied in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:13

Johnson’s Strategies to Get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed

New July 2022! Mark Updegrove, Executive Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, describes positions and strategies used by President Johnson to support passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 3:43

Grading the Civil Rights Act 50 Years Later

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor offer their analysis on the impact of the Civil Rights Act 50 years after its passage.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:29

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Its Relationship to Affirmative Action

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Act on subsequent affirmative action policies and the effectiveness, impacts, and appropriateness of those poli...

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:34

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a Template for the Americans with Disabilities Act

New July 2022! Law professor Rigel Oliveri answers a student question about rights of the disabled and the influence of the Civil Rights Act on subsequent legislation directed at them.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:08

Sex Discrimination’s Inclusion in the Civil Rights Act of 1964

New July 2022! Learn how the words "and sex" were added as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act; the original intent of the amendment, and the impact of its inclusion in the Act.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 3:30

The Commerce Clause and Its Relation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

New July 2022! A federal judge and law professor describe the purpose of the Commerce Clause and the role it played in the implementation of the Civil Rights Act.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:17

Reasons Behind Lynching

Hear a civil rights activist answer a student's question about why lynchings were allowed to occur.

Grades: 6 - 12

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Strange Fruit

This video highlights lyrics from the song "Strange Fruit."

Grades: 6 - 12

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Story of Segregation – I’ll Be Alone

Sister Mary Antona Ebo describes what it was like to travel to the segregated South.

Grades: 6 - 12

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Story of Segregation – Where You’re Not Welcome

Sister Mary Antona Ebo describes not feeling welcome because of the color of her skin.

Grades: 6 - 12

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Story of Segregation – In the Military

William McAllister describes serving in the segregated Armed Forces.

Grades: 6 - 12

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