Kids in Birmingham 1963
Digital collection. A resource for the stories of people who were children in Birmingham in 1963.
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Period: 20th Century
20th Century
Catonsville Nine Files
Digital collection. Features documents, photos, and audio and video accounts about the Catonsville Nine who burned Vietnam war draft files.
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
Picture book. By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. 2015. 32 pages.
Tells the story of Lewis Michaux Sr.'s Harlem bookstore that was a center of African American history, scholarship, debate, and activism, for grades 2-5.
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Tells the story of Lewis Michaux Sr.'s Harlem bookstore that was a center of African American history, scholarship, debate, and activism, for grades 2-5.
Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride Into the Civil Rights Movement
Book — Non-fiction. By Amy Nathan. 2011. 250 pages.
History of the decade long struggle to desegregate the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore, Maryland.
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History of the decade long struggle to desegregate the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore, Maryland.
“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans
Book — Non-fiction. By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker. 2016. 224 pages.
Deconstructs persistent myths about American Indians rooted in fear and prejudice — an astute and lively primer of European-Indian relations.
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Deconstructs persistent myths about American Indians rooted in fear and prejudice — an astute and lively primer of European-Indian relations.
Teaching Central America
Website.
An online collection of lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers.
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Book — Non-fiction. By Heather Ann Thompson. 2016. 752 pages.
The hidden history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison Uprising.
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The hidden history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison Uprising.
Slavery by Another Name
Film. By Sam Pollard, Catherine Allan, Douglas Blackmon and Sheila Curran Bernard. 2012. 90 minutes.
Reveals the interlocking forces in the South and the North that enabled “neoslavery” post-Emancipation Proclamation.
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Reveals the interlocking forces in the South and the North that enabled “neoslavery” post-Emancipation Proclamation.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Book — Non-fiction. By Richard Rothstein. 2017. 368 pages.
A history of the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments that promoted racial segregation.
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A history of the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments that promoted racial segregation.
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
Film. By Adam Jonas Horowitz. 2012. 60 and 87 minutes.
History of the U.S. government's testing of nuclear weapons and fallout on the people of the Marshall Islands.
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History of the U.S. government's testing of nuclear weapons and fallout on the people of the Marshall Islands.
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
Book — Non-fiction. By Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi. Illustrated by Yutaka Houlette. 2017. 112 pages.
Story of Fred Koretmatsu, jailed for resisting internment by the U.S. government during WWII. He took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court twice.
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Story of Fred Koretmatsu, jailed for resisting internment by the U.S. government during WWII. He took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court twice.
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History
Book — Non-fiction. By Kate Schatz. Illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl. 2016. 112 pages.
Profiles of women who fight for social justice around the world.
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Profiles of women who fight for social justice around the world.
Somos como las nubes/We Are Like the Clouds
Picture book. By Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. 2016. 36 pages.
Poems written in Spanish and English address the struggles of child refugees fleeing Central America for the United States. Grade 2+.
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Poems written in Spanish and English address the struggles of child refugees fleeing Central America for the United States. Grade 2+.
Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights
Book — Non-fiction. By Mary Cronk Farrell. 2016. 56 pages.
Biography of labor union activist Fannie Sellins.
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Biography of labor union activist Fannie Sellins.
First Light
Film. By Upstander Project. 2015. 13 minutes.
Story of forced removal of Native American children in Maine sent to boarding schools.
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Story of forced removal of Native American children in Maine sent to boarding schools.
Congo, Coltan, and Cell Phones: A People’s History
Teaching Activity. By Alison Kysia. 28 pages.
In this lesson, students learn about the colonial history of Congo, debate responsibility for crimes against humanity, and investigate the connection, past and present, between the exploitation of natural resources and violence.
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In this lesson, students learn about the colonial history of Congo, debate responsibility for crimes against humanity, and investigate the connection, past and present, between the exploitation of natural resources and violence.
The Era of Reconstruction, 1861-1900
Book — Non-fiction. By National Park Service. 2017. 165 pages.
A theme study on the history of the Reconstruction era.
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A theme study on the history of the Reconstruction era.
W. E. B. Du Bois to Coretta Scott King: The Untold History of the Movement to Ban the Bomb
By Vincent Intondi
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When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced his strong opposition to the war in Vietnam, the media attacked him for straying outside of his civil rights mandate. In so many words, powerful interests told him: “Mind your own business.” In fact, African American leaders have long been concerned with broad issues of peace and justice — and have especially opposed nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, this activism is left out of mainstream corporate-produced history textbooks.
Teaching Untold Stories During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
By Moé Yonamine
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“They’re Latinos . . . I think they’re some kind of farm workers.”
“No, they’re Asians with name tags.”
And then a student in a quiet voice walked by me slowly and muttered, “I think something really bad is happening to them.”
My students at Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon — one of the state’s most racially diverse schools — studied each black and white photo posted around the room, inspecting the background and the facial expressions; confused, anxious, frustrated. They began a journey to uncover the hidden story of the Japanese Latin American removal, internment, and deportation during World War II.
“No, they’re Asians with name tags.”
And then a student in a quiet voice walked by me slowly and muttered, “I think something really bad is happening to them.”
My students at Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon — one of the state’s most racially diverse schools — studied each black and white photo posted around the room, inspecting the background and the facial expressions; confused, anxious, frustrated. They began a journey to uncover the hidden story of the Japanese Latin American removal, internment, and deportation during World War II.
April 15, 1967: Massive Anti-Vietnam War Demonstrations
Amidst growing opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam, large-scale anti-war protests were held in New York, San Francisco, and many other cities.
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Nov. 15, 1917: Suffragists Beaten and Tortured in the “Night of Terror”
Twenty women were subjected to beatings and torture at Occoquan Workhouse, a prison in Virginia, in what became known as the “Night of Terror.”
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Aug. 14, 1935: The Social Security Act Passed
Due to the results of the strength of organized labor and other mass movements of the 1930s, the Social Security Act was passed.
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April 7, 1915: Billie Holiday Born
Billie Holiday was a legendary jazz singer and songwriter. Also born today, Harry Hay and Daniel Ellsberg.
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Dec. 25, 1951: Murder of Harriette and Harry Moore in Florida
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the home of labor and voting rights activists Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore — killing them both. Harriette Moore taught elementary school, secretly teaching her students Black history in the face of bans by the state superintendent.
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April 26, 1937: The Bombing of Guernica
During the Spanish Civil War, the Nazis tested their new air force on the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain.
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