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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 2, October Special Edition 1964

In this October 1964 special edition of Robert F. Williams’ Crusader newsletter, Williams provides a platform for Chinese leaders to call for an end to the discrimination of Black people in the United States.

Robert F. Williams, Chairman Liu Shao-Chi and Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

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9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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A Lie Nailed

This Appeal editorial from 1893 refutes the description in the Chicago Herald of conditions experienced by African Americans while traveling on Southern railroads.

The Appeal – Anonymous

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6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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The Ground on Which I Stand

Playwright August Wilson delivered this speech on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at Princeton University.

August Wilson

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Literature

A Letter to My Nephew

In this letter, James Baldwin expresses his love for his nephew and describes the hardships of life as a Black man in the United States.

James Baldwin

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Report on Draft Program (found in Atlanta’s Black Paper, August 25, 1966)

Issued in the August 25, 1966, edition of Atlanta’s Black Paper, this report on the Vietnam War draft describes the violent actions of American military personnel toward peaceful Black protestors over the course of several days.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Multimedia

Whitey on the Moon (1970)

This spoken word poem points out the irony of the government’s insistence on lavishing money on the space race while failing to fund struggling Black communities.

Gil Scott-Heron

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Letter from Randa Jo Downs to the Voices of Civil Rights Project

This letter from Randa Jo Downs to the Voices of Civil Rights Project describes her father’s work investigating Title VI civil rights complaints in hospitals.

Randa Jo Downs

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Violence Stalks Voter-Registration Workers in Mississippi

This Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) report details violent reprisals toward voter-registration workers in Mississippi.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

June 22, 2022

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Civil Rights Activity Book

The Civil Rights Activity Book uses puzzles, songs and photos to teach children about martyrs and events of the civil rights movement. Provided here courtesy of the Civil Rights Memorial Center.

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Rights & Activism

June 22, 2022

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Anti-racist Decarceration Begins With School Discipline Reform

The systemic devaluation of Black people that originated during slavery continues today in punitive practices that disproportionately push Black children and other children of color out of schools and into the criminal legal system. To ensure equitable education for all youth, educators and communities must play a role in decarceration, which begins with school discipline reform.

From Slavery to School Discipline
Toolkit: The Foundations of Restorative Justice
Criminalizing Blackness: Prisons, Police and Jim Crow

June 21, 2022

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