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Black History Month

Black History Month

Site features image galleries, teacher’s guides, and a variety of video clips for such programs
as USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom and Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights.


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Major Civil Rights Events: 1954–1968 Map

Major Civil Rights Events: 1954–1968 Map

U.S. map shows students where important events occurred during the civil rights movement, from bus boycotts to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.


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Video Gallery: July 2, 1964: Johnson Signs Civil Rights Ac

Video Gallery: July 2, 1964: Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act

Video clip examines the signing of the historic piece of legislation, the events that brought about its passage, and the segregationists who opposed the bill.


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