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Analyzing Primary Source MediaIn this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students analyze primary source news footage to gain insights into public sentiment toward historical figures, issues, and events of the past 50 years. |
6-12 |
Self-paced Lesson |
Boston Desegregation Controversy, 1974In this 1974 television news footage from WGBH: "Evening Compass", citizens stage a protest in response to mandatory busing to desegregate the Boston Public Schools. |
6-12 |
Video |
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 |
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 2This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, pays tribute to the women -- both leaders and widows of slain leaders -- of the Civil Rights movement. |
6-12 |
Audio |
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 3Recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, this audio segment captures the voice of SNCC leader John Lewis. |
6-12 |
Audio |
Freedom Riders Create ChangeThis video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" highlights the impact of the 1961 Freedom Rides on the efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. |
6-12 |
Video |
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)In this transcript of an interview recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Stokely Carmichael describes SNCC organizing campaigns and his views on "Black Power." |
9-12 |
Document |
Law Student Barack Obama, 1991Harvard Law student Barack Obama speaks in support of Professor Derrick Bell and diversity at a 1991 rally in this archival news footage from WGBH: "Ten O'Clock News." |
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 |
The Murder of Emmett TillThis video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder helped spark the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. |
9-12 |
Video |
Reaction to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968In this April 1968 archival news footage from the Boston Public Library, citizens at a public rally in Boston, Massachusetts, respond to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
6-12 |
Video |
Sheyann WebbSheyann Webb was eight years old in 1965 when she marched for voting rights. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, she recalls the events of the Selma march. |
3-12 |
Video |
Taking a StandThis lesson provides an introduction to the discrimination and segregation that triggered the Civil Rights movement, through the eyes of some of the youngest activists at the time. |
3-5 |
Lesson Plan |
