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Bayard RustinThis transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize documents the leadership strategies of March on Washington organizer Bayard Rustin. |
9-12 |
Document |
Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 1This audio excerpt captures the beginning of Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech, describing the social and economic impact of racism over time. |
9-12 |
Audio |
Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America. |
9-12 |
Audio |
Campaigns for Economic FreedomThis lesson plan explores the economic impact of racial discrimination and campaigns for jobs and justice. |
9-12 |
Lesson Plan |
The Civil Rights Movement in America, 1945-1975This interactive timeline provides a chronological and geographic view of the events of the Civil Rights era and its aftermath. |
K-12 |
Interactive |
Decision in the StreetsThis video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64. |
9-12 |
Video |
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 1This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, captures the voices of several civil rights leaders. |
6-12 |
Audio |
Getting an Education This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep
South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.
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6-12 |
Video |
March on Washington FlyersThese 1963 flyers announce the speakers and issues for the March on Washington; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. |
3-12 |
Document |
William Julius WilsonIn this 1998 FRONTLINE interview, Harvard sociologist Dr. William Julius Wilson explains why, despite an overall increase in the standard of living among African Americans, a segment of the population is falling farther and farther behind. |
6-12 |
Document |
