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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Expanding Democracy Through Intersecting Movements

Photo collage featuring the Civil Rights Memorial Center fountain.

The connections between past and present intersecting movements in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial Center educate and inspire individuals to continue the fight for justice.

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Rights & Activism

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The Silencing of Mary Dyer

In this chapter, Carnes details oppression experienced by the early New England colonists. In particular, he chronicles Mary Dyer’s path from a once uncomfortably conforming Puritan to an outspoken Quaker unshaken by threats, banishment and even death.

Jim Carnes

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9-12

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Religion Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

January 23, 2017

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Toolkit for “Lessons of 1964: The Movement Continues”

1964 included a number of important civil rights events critical to the ongoing march for racial equality and justice. These resources can help take students back to this important year. 1964 Civil Rights Milestone

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To Serve With Honor

Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant, was awarded the Purple Heart for service in Vietnam, but discharged soon after telling his captain he was gay and appearing in uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the words, "I Am a Homosexual" emblazoned next to him. While he may have "settled" in his fight against the Air Force, he was a pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the military.

LFJ Staff

Grade Level

9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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History

September 28, 2018

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Issue 11, Spring 1997

"Unite and Overcome!"

Chicana activist Elizabeth Martínez calls for fearless thinking about racism.

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Rights & Activism

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Woman Suffrage Headquarters

Black and white photo of suffragists in front of their office with signs that read, "Come in and learn why women OUGHT to vote" and "Woman suffrage headquarters. Men of Ohio! Give the women a square deal. Vote for amendment No. 23 on September 3, 1912."

This 1912 photo was taken outside the woman suffrage headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Far right in the photo is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters.

League of Women Voters (U.S.) Records

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3-5 6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

February 13, 2017

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Informational

Survey: Current Field Work, Spring, 1963

This Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) report from 1963 details voter registration work and police harassment in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2022

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Before Rosa Parks: Frances Watkins Harper

The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Frances Watkins Harper, who challenged power structures in the South by talking to free former slaves about voting, land ownership and education—and fought segregated public transportation.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

July 6, 2009

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Literature

Why Frogs and Snakes Never Play Together A Pourquoi of Prejudice A PLAY IN 3 ACTS

A chance meeting of a family of frogs and a family of snakes in the woods one day allows wonderful new friendships to be made. Later, when the siblings tell their parents about their new friends, they are told never to play together again. Find out why in this easy-to-produce play that teaches about the serious topic of prejudice.

Jeff Sapp

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K-2

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Bullying & Bias

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Civics

Geography

July 5, 2014

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

A Conversation with Michelle Alexander

The author of The New Jim Crow talks with TT.

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