Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 14: Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests
Southern states after the Civil War devised many methods for preventing African Americans from voting.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 4: Treatment After Civil War
Today we learn how some northern states granted increasing rights to African Americans. In the South, the situation was quite different.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 7: Threats and Intimidation
In southern states after the Civil War, African Americans were systematically denied basic civil rights. Vigilante groups engaged in campaigns of terror against African Americans.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 9: Moral/political Motivations
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 10: The Fourteenth Amendment
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans. This led to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 12: The Ideal of Equality
The ideal of equality was stated in the Declaration of Independence. Abolitionists and African Americans used this as an argument against segregation.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 8: A Reign of Terror
When Union troops left the South, a reign of terror began. And Congress could not stop it.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 6: Black Codes
What were the Black Codes? Find out on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Voting Rights: Violence Against Mexican Americans
Despite being given the right to vote in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Americans were the target of violence and racism, and were subject to tactics similar to African Americans, e.g., literacy tests, to prevent them from voting.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: The Boston Red Sox and Racism
Audio story profiles the Boston Red Sox, last major league team to integrate their roster. At the time of this story (2002) they were under new management and making an attempt to overcome "an undeniable legacy of racial intolerance."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 1
This audio excerpt captures the beginning of Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech, describing the social and economic impact of racism over time.
Stanford University
Stanford University: The Voice of King
Listen to audio excerpts from some of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s greatest speeches. There is a large selection available in RealAudio or QuickTime formats.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Do Black Athletes Face Glass Ceiling?
Even though the 2007 Super Bowl showcases two teams both with black head coaches, Richard Purcell argues that black coaches and athletes are underrated and rarely given deserved credit due to still-existing racism in American spectator...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 6: Segregation in the 1950s
On today's episode we examine segregation in the 1950s. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Naacp
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.