The entire text of the 19th amendment is only two sentences long. It declares that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." However, the passing of the...

Who is Gregor Mendel? Learn about his early career, his famous pea experiment, and the laws he created. This resource is a bit dry, so choose a specific clip or create a listening guide to engage learners.

This collection of sound files from the American Folklife Center reflects the life, culture, diversity and traditions of the people of California. It includes traditional songs, music and personal stories.

Listen to NPR's series on the story of James Meredith's efforts to enter Ole Miss and what the campus is like forty years later.

Detailed written overview with accompanying audio of the Greensboro, NC sit-in at an F.W. Woolworth store that sparked the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s. Explore how lunch counters played a vital role in urban America, and...

Video [26:00] featuring Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'connor, Stephen G. Breyer, and Anthony M. Kennedy in a discussion with high school students on the landmark decision ending segregation in schools. Through video and timeline,...

Point/counterpoint commentary on the president's actions after the Brown ruling; from American Experience: "Eisenhower." [6:32]

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses Brown v. Board of Education and how some states tried to get around it.. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses,...

Listen to or read the transcript of the interview Terry Gross of NPR had with the author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a book describing the background and...

A documentary film that tells the story of the Freedom Riders who in1961 protested segregation by riding interstate buses into the Deep South of the United States. There they faced racial violence and hatred with no protection from law...

Booker T. Washington gave an influential speech in Atlanta in September, 1895. In 1903 he recorded a portion of the speech, which is available on this site, the only extant recording of his voice.

The disturbing story of the Sleepy Lagoon case in which 22 Mexican American defendants were tried together in the same court case in front of Charles W. Fricke (1882-1958 CE).

On today's podcast, we define de jure segregation. This is a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired on November 4, 2011.

Today we define de facto segregation. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in November, 2011.

On today's episode, we discuss Jim Crow laws and the ways African Americans organized to resist them.

Jim Crow laws were adopted by most Southern states after the end of Reconstruction.

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) permitted racial segregation so long as facilities were separate but equal. This type of segregation endured for nearly sixty years.

In the Brown v. Board of Education case, a father fought the issue of racial segregation in the schools. He lost and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v Board of Education (1954) ended school segregation but was difficult to enforce.

Today we discuss two types of segregation that contributed to racial polarization in the United States.

This lesson will define miscegenation, pluralism, assimilation, segregation, genocide, and apartheid. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Inequalities in Patterns of Interaction."

The African-American and Jewish communities struggled together during the Civil Rights movement. Here is an in-depth look at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at the Temple Israel of Hollywood, which provides clips of the speech and...

The emotionally-charged issues of race, affirmative action, school diversity, and segregation are explored in response to a Supreme Court case involving K-12 schools. Listen to arguments for and against "racial quotas" in public schools.

This video gives a brief description of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education. [4:16]