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Selma, Alabama: Honoring the Past and Fighting for the Future

As we mark the 58th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march and witness the current assault on voting rights, particularly those rights of Black citizens, it’s imperative to connect the not-so-distant past to the present. These LFJ resources—including an interactive digital platform created in conjunction with the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research—can help remind us all of the sacrifices made in the name of democracy, provide context for the present, and inspire our continuing fight for justice.

‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote
President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Expanding Democracy Through Intersecting Movements

March 6, 2023

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The New Deal, Jim Crow and the Black Cabinet

Episode 10, Season 4 Opportunities created by the New Deal were often denied to African Americans. And that legacy of exclusion from jobs, loans and services can be seen today in federal programs and policies as well as

January 11, 2022

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The House that Love Built

This true story happened after World War I, where a whole village had been destroyed by the fighting.

William W. Price

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3-5

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Class

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History

July 31, 2018

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Freedom Summer and Democracy Today

This overview of Freedom Summer 1964 connects to actions for strengthening democracy today.

August 11, 2024

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July 28, 2023

A Letter to Young People on Your Power to Effect Change

A young Black woman standing in front of a voting booth.

Recognize the possibilities of the power of the vote, encourage your friends and family to engage in civic action, and become a change agent in your community.

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Rights & Activism

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Connecting Slavery With the Civil Rights Movement

Episode 8, Season 3 To fully understand the United States today, we have to comprehend the central role that slavery played in our nation’s past. That legacy is also the foundation for understanding the civil rights

November 24, 2020

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Jim Crow: Yesterday and Today

Episode 1, Season 4 This season, we’re examining the century between the Civil War and the modern Civil Rights Movement to understand how systemic racism and slavery persisted and evolved after emancipation—and how Black

August 25, 2021

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The Harlem Renaissance: Restructuring, Rebirth and Reckoning

Episode 12, Season 4 During the Harlem Renaissance, more Black artists than ever before were asking key questions about the role of art in society. Oftentimes the Harlem Renaissance is misconstrued as a discrete moment

February 16, 2022

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Talla Cisse

Talla Cisse is an educator and graduate student in Wilmington, Delaware, and a 2019 Lee Summer Fellow at Teaching Tolerance. Talla taught American history as a founding teacher for Apex Collegiate Academy in Baton Rouge. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in policy at the University of Delaware. In his free time, Talla works with the Delaware Youth Advocacy Council students to develop a deep understanding of the landscape of education policy and the advocacy process.

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Informational

Experiment in Fairness

Bayard Rustin was an African American leader who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) in the 1940s and 1950s for equal rights for all Americans using nonviolence. In this story, he writes about the struggle for an African American man to order a simple hamburger at a restaurant in the Midwest.

Bayard Rustin

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

July 16, 2018

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