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What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement After 1965? Don't Ask Your Textbook
Stokely Carmichael delivers his "Black Power" speech at a rally in Greenwood, Mississippi.
By Adam Sanchez
Fifty years ago this week, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairperson Stokely Carmichael made the famous call for "Black Power." Carmichael's speech came in the midst of the "March Against Fear," a walk from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, to encourage African Americans to use their newly won right to vote. But while almost every middle and high school student learns about the Civil Rights Movement, they rarely learn about this march----or the related struggles that continued long after the Voting Rights Act. Continue reading.
"What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement After 1965? Don't Ask Your Textbook"
is the newest article in the Zinn Education Project series,
If We Knew Our History, posted on Common Dreams and Huffington Post. You can help us reach a
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'What We Want, What We Believe': Teaching with the Black Panthers' Ten Point Program
Teaching Activity. By Wayne Au. The author describes how he used a study of the Black Panther's Ten Point Program to help students assess issues in their own communities and to develop Ten Point Programs of their own. Available in Spanish. Download lesson.
Attica Prison Uprising
Resource list.
Overview with links to articles, books, primers, films, and websites about the Attica Prison Uprising for the classroom. Read more.
#OrlandoSyllabus: Fight Homophobia and Islamophobia
Our hearts go out to the victims of the massacre and their families in Orlando, Florida. We are concerned about the added tragedy of hate-filled rhetoric by some politicians and media. As teachers look for resources to go beyond the headlines, we recommend Democracy Now! for ongoing news and analysis of the Orlando massacre. Below are resources for challenging homophobia and Islamophobia.
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality
Teaching Guide. Rethinking Schools. A collection of stories about how to integrate LGBTQ content into the curriculum and create classrooms that nurture all children and their families. Learn more.
A People's History of Muslims in the United States
By Alison Kysia. While the dominant media portrays Muslims as foreigners, history shows Muslims have been in the Americas since the 15th century.
The travesty being committed in the name of white-washed U.S. history has my students and myself thirsty for crisp, clear water in a desert of fluffy textbooks that omit and camouflage the truth!
That is why I depend on the Zinn Education Project for lessons to teach outside the textbook.
----Donna Tucker, high school social studies teacher
