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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Civil Rights Act of 1957

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the text of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Civil Rights Act, 1964 & Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity asks students to read, analyze, and summarize Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Other

Us Eeoc: Title Vii of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provided important protection for fairness in employment by establishing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Read the text of that legislation here, and see how it protects workers on...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.
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University of Groningen

American History: Documents: George C. Wallace Speech: The Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
View the complete speech by Alabama governor George Wallace condemning the Civil Rights Act.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Document Library: Civil Rights Act of 1866

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete text of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which set out guarantees for citizenship in post-Civil War America as well as the punishments for those who tried to obstruct these guarantees.
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US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
US Department of Labor provides this government copy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Thorough and complete, all the necessary information is provided.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980:civil Rights Act 1964/voting Rights Act 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: The Civil Rights Act of 1957

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the role of President Eisenhower in the impetus for the support of civil rights in 1957.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Voting Rights Act (1965)

For Students 9th - 10th
Included at this site is the complete text and images of the original document of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This law outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that African Americans had endured.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Voting Rights Act of 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1964: Spotlights

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the African American struggle for equal voting rights in 1964. Looks at the Mississippi Freedom Summer where college students helped to register black voters, the murder of three of those...
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Other

Freshman Academy: New Approaches to Civil Rights [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from an American History book covers the extension of the application of civil rights that were legislated in the 1960s. Read about busing, affirmative action, disability rights movement, and the Native American protest...
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Other

Tribal Court Clearinghouse: Text of Indian Civil Rights Act

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the Indian Civil Rights Act, passed in 1968. Tells what the act is, what individual rights are protected by the act, and how the act differs from the Bill of Rights.
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George Mason University

George Mason University: Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an abridged version of the Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875, with brief commentary. The Act was later declared unconstitutional
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Civil Liberties in Wartime

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of civil liberties at wartime.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Civil Rights Movement: 1919 1960s

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides an overview of the Civil Rights Movement in America between 1919 and the 1960s with detailed discussion on racial equality, nonviolence and passive resistance, and segregation.
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity focuses on the Civil Rights Movement.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Civil Rights Movement and Voting Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the voting rights amendments, students will create an annotated time line that illustrates how voting rights have been extended to various groups of people throughout the history of the United States.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Civil Rights and Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides an overview of civil rights legislation, including an explanation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are links to other sites on the subject of civil rights in general.
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Other

Everett Dirksen Papers, 1932 69

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of papers and notebooks of Everett Dirksen, an conservative politician and proponent of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1965: We Shall Overcome

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting a peaceful protest in Alabama in 1965 that ended in a confrontation with state troopers known as "Bloody Sunday." This was followed by a four-day march with Martin Luther King, Jr., and a...
Website
Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This collection of teacher resources provides suggestions for lesson and unit plans to teach about the Civil Rights Movement. Includes a variety of resources for instruction on the civil rights movement and Black History Month.

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