Instructional Video7:32
Mr. Beat

Brown v. Board of Education

6th - 12th
Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Topeka, KS 1950 Schools were segregated by skin color. Each day, 8-year old Linda Brown and her sister had to walk one mile, crossing several busy railroad tracks along the way, to...
Instructional Video16:39
Wonderscape

Thurgood Marshall: Champion of Civil Rights

K - 5th
This video explores the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement in the United States. It highlights his early life, education, legal career, and his groundbreaking role as the first...
Instructional Video8:14
PBS

Is the Rosa Parks Story True?

12th - Higher Ed
We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was a radical, civil right activist...
Instructional Video13:09
Curated Video

Standing Up For Freedom: The Story of Rosa Parks

K - 8th
In December of 1955 Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. Her act of defiance was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was the spark that ignited the modern-day Civil...
Instructional Video17:35
Curated Video

Standing Up For Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement in America

K - 8th
From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900s, this program chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders of the Abolitionist Movement...
Instructional Video9:43
Curated OER

Little Rock Nine

9th - 12th
A compelling account of the Little Rock Nine, the first nine students to attend a desegregated school in Arkansas. Stills and video clips illustrate the tumultuous first year at Little Rock High School. Use this video to stir discussion...
Instructional Video3:17
Curated OER

Montgomery Bus Boycott

9th - 12th
It's December 1, 1955, and a tired African American woman refuses to give up her seat for a white man on a bus in Montgomery. This woman is Rosa Parks. While she wasn't the first person to stay seated despite the current laws, her arrest...
Instructional Video13:30
Curated OER

Teaching American History: Civil Rights in Film: Part 2

9th - 12th
Did you know that Rosa Parks was the secretary for the NAACP? Her famous refusal to give up her bus seat was actually a premeditated act designed by the NAACP to draw light the growing civil rights movement. In part two, professor Melani...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 9: Nonviolent Direct Action

9th - 10th
On today's podcast we learn about the NAACP and other civil rights organizations and examine nonviolent direct action. This podcast originally aired in November 2011.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 11: Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott

9th - 10th
On today's podcast, we discuss Rosa Parks, the NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery bus boycott. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Lift Every Voice and Sing

9th - 10th
National Public Radio's Present at the Creation feature considers James Weldon Johnson and his writing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the black national anthem.
Instructional Video
iCivics

I Civics: The Naacp Legal Defense Fund

9th - 10th
While people protest in the streets, the Legal Defense Fund fights for them in the courts, challenging discriminatory laws in every aspect of life. [1:56]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Naacp

9th - 10th
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has played a critical role in improving the lives of African Americans in its battle against all types of racial discrimination.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Crisis and Anti Racist Work: Becoming Helen Keller

9th - 10th
Learn about Keller's large donation and letter of support for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1916. Through video, discussion questions, teaching tips, Keller's original letter to the NAACP, and...