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✊🏾 The Civil Rights Movement

The struggle to end segregation in America — told through real, archival photographs.

6
lessons
~22 min
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🌍 Society
subject
Teens
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What you’ll learn

  1. Segregation and Jim CrowUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'Segregation and Jim Crow' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'Segregation and Jim Crow' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.
  2. Breaking the Color LineUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'Breaking the Color Line' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'Breaking the Color Line' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.
  3. Students Take a StandUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'Students Take a Stand' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'Students Take a Stand' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.
  4. The Movement PeaksUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'The Movement Peaks' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'The Movement Peaks' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.
  5. The Right to VoteUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'The Right to Vote' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'The Right to Vote' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.
  6. LegacyUnderstand the key events, people and significance of 'Legacy' in the Civil Rights Movement.This section covers 'Legacy' in the American Civil Rights Movement, illustrated with real public-domain photographs from national archives. Students learn the people, events and turning points and why they mattered.

Questions this course answers

The 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established what doctrine?

Plessy v. Ferguson upheld 'separate but equal,' legalizing segregation for nearly 60 years.

The 1954 case that declared segregated public schools unconstitutional was:

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned 'separate but equal' in public schools.

Whose 1955 arrest in Montgomery sparked a 381-day bus boycott?

Rosa Parks's arrest launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Dr. King.

In 1957, who sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?

President Eisenhower federalized the National Guard and sent the Army to Little Rock.

At the 1963 March on Washington, Dr. King delivered which famous speech?

Dr. King's 'I Have a Dream' speech became one of history's most famous addresses.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by which president?

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964.

Grounded in trusted sources

  • Library of Congress
  • National Archives
  • Smithsonian NMAAHC
  • National Park Service
  • Stanford King Institute

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