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VITAL High School Core Curriculum
Social Studies
U.S. History
World in Uncertain Times: 1950-present
Decade of Change: 1960s
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Audrey HendricksIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
Video |
Diane Nash and the Sit-InsDiane Nash was a college student when she started leading sit-in demonstrations to protest discrimination. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Nash describes her role in the Civil Rights movement. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Eileen Kelley WalbertEileen Walbert was among the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama who took a stand for civil rights, as she describes in this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Gideon v. WainwrightLearn how the case of Gideon v. Wainwright brought about sweeping change in the American justice system in this video segment from The Supreme Court. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Griswold v. Connecticut The “right to privacy” as a legal issue is the topic of this video segment from The Supreme Court. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
James Farmer and the Freedom RidesIn this video interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Freedom Ride organizer James Farmer describes the interracial bus rides through the South that tested desegregation and sparked white resistance. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Joe DicksonIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Joe Dickson recalls student activism at Miles College. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Lola HendricksIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Miranda v. Arizona In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying CampaignIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
Video |
Robert MosesIn this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Roe v. Wade In this video from The Supreme Court, learn about the Court's sweeping decision in response to police brutality and terror tactics. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
To Kill a Mockingbird: Southern Reaction 1960In this video from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, important cultural and literary figures as well as average American citizens discuss the South’s reaction when To Kill a Mockingbird was first published in 1960. Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
Video |
Was Lincoln a White Supremacist?
In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates Abraham Lincoln’s mixed legacy among African Americans, many of whom have grown disillusioned with the myth of a “Great Emancipator” who in fact spoke often and openly about his own inability to accept that blacks were equal to whites.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
5-12 |
Video |
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