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1961: The Freedom Riders

The Freedom Riders looked to invoke federal action and gain national attention as they traveled on interstate bus lines across the South seeking service at white-only waiting rooms and lunch counters.

Merrill Perlman

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

July 7, 2014

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Bus Boycott: Historical Documents Highlight Integration Milestone

This collection of primary resources and corresponding activities sheds light on the endurance of peaceful protesters in Montgomery, Ala., who overturned an unjust law.

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

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Anything We Love Can Be Saved (Introduction)

In this introduction, Alice Walker touches on ideas of activism, the strength of the individual, enlightenment, fear of being inferior and the conviction needed to embrace one's life.

Alice Walker

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Civics

History

July 7, 2014

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Issue 19, Spring 2001

The Trouble with Tribe

How a common word masks complex African realities.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

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Multimedia

Family Restaurant

In this film, the debates surrounding same-sex marriage are illustrated when a ketchup bottle wants to be with a mustard bottle. Picky, the toothpick dispenser, resists such an idea because it flies in the face of tradition.

Andrea James

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

July 8, 2014

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The Right to Vote (Transcript)

This transcript of NBC’s 2004 story “The Right to Vote” highlights the events leading up to the Selma-to-Montgomery march, with firsthand accounts from Rep. John Lewis.

October 26, 2011

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No Promised Land

“When Mormons settled in Missouri in the 1830s, local residents found Mormon beliefs and practices not simply strange, but wrong. … The Mormons, the Missouri governor declared, must be removed—if not by expulsion, then by extermination.”

Jim Carnes

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

May 22, 2017

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Check the Labels

Illustration of various social interactions

A simple writing assignment sharpens students’ minds — and challenges their biases.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

article

April 29, 2011

Freedom’s Main Line

To accompany Freedom's Main Line

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