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Slave ships brought the first slaves to the US. This is a good first Black History story.
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| LIFE ON A PLANTATION |
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A survey of the lives of slaves and poor white people / sharecroppers on plantations. Also details the slave owning status of Washington and Jefferson, the latter of whom kept his 6 children and half brother (!) as slaves.
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Abolitionist John Brown arguably did more than any other American to end slavery. He was also arguably a terrorist.
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Frederick Douglass became a world-famous scholar and anti-slavery advocate after escaping slavery himself.
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A bio of Harriet Tubman. Know she was the first woman military leader in the US? She freed 700+ slaves in one Union raid in South Carolina. Find out more!..
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| 13TH-15TH AMENDMENTS |
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The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments ended slavery and were supposed to ensure equality; so how did segregation take root after the Civil War?
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The Highlander school, which taught Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., may be the most important adult education school in US history. Part one is about its accomplishments, part two is about its methods (student-centered popular education). Includes a page of questions for each part.
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| "WE SHALL OVERCOME" SONG |
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"We Shall Overcome," as covered by Bruce Springsteen. Just the lyrics and a few pointed questions. Did you know it was originally a labor song, but became a song for the Civil Rights movement via the Highlander School? You better, if you're going to answer the attached questions. With a short biography of Bruce.
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| WHEN REGULAR PEOPLE STAND UP (1) |
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An inspirational story about L.A. Blackman, who literally stood up to the KKK in 1956. (When Regular People Stand Up 2: Download DOC | PDF | ODT ).
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Rosa Parks rebelled against racism her entire life, from a young schoolgirl to a Highlander student to a civil rights leader.
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A brief biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A biography of Malcolm X.
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| KING AND THE STRIKE |
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Not many people know King was supporting a (mostly black) sanitation workers' strike when he was killed. Includes the last, easy to understand paragraph of King's "Promised Land" speech.
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| "MISSISSIPPI GODDAM" SONG |
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"Mississippi Goddam," by Nina Simone, a vivid, moving song about the civil rights struggle. With lyrics and pictures. Somewhat difficult.
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The Black Panther story in two parts. Page one is about their rise, page two their fall.
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The '68 Olympics, where two black athletes who raised their fists and made history.
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Muhammad Ali, champion boxer and human rights activist.
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| COMMON GROUND HEALTH CLINIC |
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The Common Ground Health Clinic was a people's response to the dire need for free medical care in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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