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Future Voters Project: Educate Students
We’re grateful for educators dedicated to teaching about elections during a year unlike any other. We hope these resources will help!
March 12, 2020
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A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
An article from The Atlantic proposes a solution to reduce the racial wealth gap using “baby bonds.”
July 6, 2022
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Case Against Chairman Bobby and Ericka Dismissed
The Black Panther Party’s newspaper article covers the 1971 acquittal on conspiracy charges for fellow members Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale. In the article, BPP members also address issues like police brutality, urban poverty and political prisoners.
July 18, 2022
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Negro farmer who has brought his cotton samples to town discusses price with cotton buyer. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
This photograph captures a moment of negotiation between a cotton farmer and a cotton buyer.
July 18, 2022
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NAACP Lawyer Constance Baker Motley Interviewed by Renee Poussaint (2002)
This interview with NAACP lawyer Constance Baker Motley discusses her experience at the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 18, 2022
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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Jackson, Mississippi
This video shows the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights holding a hearing in Jackson, Mississippi, over civil rights violations in voting.
July 18, 2022
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom World War II and Post War (1940–1949)
This excerpt is part of a larger exhibition from the Library of Congress. This excerpt demonstrates the ways World War II and the Cold War informed President Roosevelt’s and President Truman’s decisions to pursue civil rights legislation.
July 18, 2022
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Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles, 1905
A document declaring the principles of the Niagara Movement conference
July 18, 2022
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A letter written from Jo Ann Robinson to Mayor W.A. Gayle of Montgomery, Alabama, dated May 21, 1954
WPC President Jo Ann Robinson wrote to the mayor of Montgomery asking for fair treatment of Black people on public transportation.
July 18, 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.
June 22, 2022