LESSONS AND RESOURCES
Selected lessons and resources from the upcoming edition of Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching. Some resources are already available for online access.
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Introduction
An overview of the rationale for Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, the lenses used to select the lessons and readings, and the organization of the content.
Critiquing the Traditional Narrative
Examine and challenge the traditional narratives of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Framing the Movement
Reframe the Civil Rights Movement for students and ourselves.
Desegregation
Explore the desegregation of public spaces, including schools, transportation, and commercial and government establishments.
Voting Rights
Investigate the historical fight for African American voting rights, partially won with the 1965 Voting Rights Act and gutted in 2013 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder.
Black Power
A closer look at the myriad ways the Black Power Movement extended the critique of capitalism and colonialism offered by the Civil Rights Movement.
Labor and Land
Land, economics, and labor have always been central to the struggle for civil rights, including the 1963 March on Washington.
Transnational Solidarity
Explore how the U.S. Civil Rights Movement was connected with international struggles for human rights, independence, and anti-colonialism.
Student Engagment
Examine ways that teachers have engaged young people in a study of Civil Rights Movement history and making it relevant to their lives today.
Do you have the 2004 edition? Here are the companion handouts.