The Civil Rights Movement

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Montgomery, Alabama The Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

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The Bill of Rights with the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript#toc-the-u-s-bill-of-rights Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=87	I have a dream (Dr. Martin Luther King; 17:28 min.)) Text of the speech http://www.holidays.net/mlk/speech.htm
Civil Rights Act (1964) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97
The Voting Rights Act (1965) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=100	Report to the American People on Civil Rights (President John F. Kennedy, The White House, June 11, 1963; 13:41 min.))
The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=47
Japanese Relocation Order (1942) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=74 The Age Discrimination Act (1975) https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/discrimination/agedisc Americans With Disabilities Act (1990) https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1990s/ada.html	President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (4:48 min.)
	Malcolm X Speaks About Civil Rights (3:02 min.)
Martin Luther King	Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King: The legacy of a leader (with slide show, biography, speeches, quiz by Scholastic; also see Lesson Plans) http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm	Rosa Parks Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott The Civil Rights Movement

	Rosa Parks: How I fought for civil rights (with lesson plans and activities from Scholastic) http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
	Rosa Parks' story with glossed text -- interview with students http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/sittingdown.htm

	"The Rosa Parks Story" Full Movie (~ 1 hr 20 min.)

Last updated: July 17, 2018
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