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Melissa Pietricola's List: Topical Studies
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Jun 07, 10
One of the Little Rock 9 documents her experience; audio file
Great for students looking at voter integration; primary source file for them to include on their sites. -
Jun 07, 10
nativism\nnew immigrants\nanti-immigrant sentiment
We discuss nativists many times and the students still struggle. I could use it in that unit; or for the topic of crimes against humanity -
Jun 07, 10
during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This exhibition draws from the thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and photographs collected by the "Voices of Civil Rights" project, a collaborative effort of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress, and marks the arrival of these materials in the Library's collection
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Jun 16, 10
Harriet's Story
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Jun 28, 10
""deliberate speed" called for in the Supreme Court's Brown decision was quickly overshadowed by events outside the nation's courtrooms. In Montgomery, Alabama, a grassroots revolt against segregated public transportation inspired a multitude of similar protests and boycotts. A number of school districts in the Southern and border states desegregated peacefully. Elsewhere, white resistance to school desegregation resulted in open defiance and violent confrontations, requiring the use of federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. Efforts to end segregation "
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Jul 09, 10
For Module 4
SHevann Webb-Voting rights march participant in '65. One of my concepts is citizenship and I am hoping that the struggle for voting rights will be chosen by my students. What a great primary source this interview is! A drawback is she is difficult to hear clearly in some parts. The volume is low.-
Sheyann 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.
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Aug 20, 10
primary sources galore!
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