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Civil Rights March in Selma

This news segment from 2000 recalls the march that took place in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965. This day, known as Bloody Sunday, was marked by violent attacks by state and local police upon protesters as they reached the end of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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NBC Learn
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Rights & Activism
Subject
Civics
History
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 2, 2014
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Kathy Swan, John Lee and S.G. Grant

Dr. Kathy Swan is a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Kentucky. Swan has been a four-time recipient of the National Technology Leadership Award in Social Studies Education, innovating with web-based interactive technology curricula including the Historical Scene Investigation Project and Digital Docs in a Box. She is co-author of the book And Action! Doing Documentaries in the Social Studies Classroom and children’s series Thinking Like A Citizen and co-editor of the book, Teaching the C3 Framework: A Guide to Inquiry Based Instruction in the Social Studies. She is
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1960: Sitting Down to Take a Stand

In this article, Suzanne Bilyeu details how the sit-in by the "Greensboro Four" at Woolworth's store in North Carolina created a domino effect which led to sit-ins across the country and galvinized support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Suzanne Bilyeu
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Rights & Activism
Subject
Civics
History
Economics
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 5, 2014