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In the United States in 2014, we take our freedom of movement for granted. We can drink from any water fountain, shop in any store and stay in any hotel we can afford. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, these simple activities were not so simple.

A decade after Brown, Title IV again called for desegregation of public schools. Studying images of segregated schools close in time and place can help students build a picture of the wide discrepancies between educational facilities.

Primary sources--like discriminatory "help wanted" ads and posters--can help students understand the significance of Title VII.

Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Act.

The Civil Rights Act outlawed hiring discrimination, segregated public schools and public spaces and discriminatory voter registration policies, paving the way for future civil rights legislation.

‘Freedom Summer,’ an American Experience film, highlights an overlooked but essential period in the civil rights movement.

How much can teachers disclose about their personal religious and nonreligious beliefs to students?

Stories from the past, like those of Freedom Summer, serve to remind us that change happens when everyday people create it.

Educators can’t display religious symbols in public schools, but that does not mean religious symbols can never appear in the classroom. So when is it OK?

Maya Angelou was an activist up until the very end of her life: visible, accessible, present to the people to whom her work and her message of hope meant the most.