Learn about the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on their gender. Includes discussion of Susan B. Anthony's and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's contributions...

In the late 1800's and most of the 1900's countries made many efforts to help Jews in the Soviet Union gain freedom to practice their faith. Countries such as the United States and Israel offered exile to many Jews to escape the...

An online museum exhibition organized around nine themes related to women, power and politics. Learn how women around the world have, and are claiming, a place at the political table, what forces have tried to keep them away, and where...

Telling pictures of elementary schools for Blacks and Whites during the 50s and 60s. Discusses the situation in Prince Edward County that led to the Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County court case.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.

This lesson is being built on the prior knowledge and discussion of discrimination of black Americans in the South. This lesson will focus on Martin Luther King Jr.'s visits to Memphis in support of their efforts and his public appearances.

This article focuses on the 1965 Immigration Act which opened American doors to people from all parts of the globe, regardless of skin color, but by focusing on re-uniting families, it discriminates some groups.

Text and brief description of the history and meaning of the 14th Amendment. Links to related resources listed.

A brief description of the course toward making African slaves chattel property, which greatly restricted any hints of personal freedom.

A brief overview of the protest movements in the 1960s and 1970s.

This site contains the history of the amendment, an action update, strategy, supporters, and more.

This very brief entry tells about the discrimination against the Pilgrims in England. Click on links below the article for information about the Pilgrims in the New World.

This resource discusses the failed attempts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States, with a focus on the Mormon perspective.

Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.

Who was St. Patrick and why do we celebrate this holiday? The Library of Congress has background information and photos to help tell the story of St. Patrick's Day.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jewish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

The U.S. Holocaust Museum presents historical information and photographs about the Jim Crow laws of the American South, which restricted the freedoms of black Americans. Focuses on the African American struggle for social equality in...

Online companion to the book "Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching", but many useful resources for any classroom.

The actor Fred Morsell, a Frederick Douglass reenactor, provides plays about the 19th century civil rights leader as well as other resources about Douglass's life and work.

Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...

As white populations moved westward in the 19th century, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic Americans faced racism and discrimination and were unable to compete on an equal basis for land. Eventually, both groups settled into urban areas...

Interesting perspective on the ground-breaking Title VII. It includes much of the behind the scenes information on the passing of the bill that had such an impact on women's rights. Comprehensive description of the ERA's history, dating...

The Amendments protect our rights; but in defending one person's rights, another person may be harmed! The Fourteenth Amendment is discussed here with all the ensuing ramifications of decisions made on Affirmative Action, Women's Rights,...

This is the text of the novella "An Accursed Race" by Elizabeth Gaskell; a historical essay that deals with the tragic history of the Cagots, a European group of people who lived in Western France and Northern Spain, whose existence was...