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Subtopic: Post-Civil War Struggles of African Americans

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Abel Meeropol, Billie Holiday and A Song Born in Protest Learn about teacher and author, Abel Meeropol who penned the haunting song of protest, Strange Fruit, in this segment from Independent Lens.	9-12	QuickTime Video
African American Daily Conditions These photos depict typical daily activities of African Americans before the Civil Rights era.	6-12	Flash Image
The Atlanta Riot Learn about the events leading up to the Atlanta Riot of 1906 in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Charles Hamilton Houston: Laying the Groundwork for Integration In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, observe how Charles Hamilton Houston laid the groundwork for the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education as he documented separate and unequal conditions for black and white students in the south.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Learn about Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of an educational institution for young African Americans, in this video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.	9-12	QuickTime Video
The Civil Rights Movement in America, 1945-1975 This interactive timeline provides a chronological and geographic view of the events of the Civil Rights era and its aftermath.	K-12	Flash Interactive
A Country Preacher: Rev. De Laine In this video segment produced for the Levine Museum of the New South, the Reverend Joseph De Laine's son and daughter describe his role in the first public school desegregation lawsuit.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Getting an Education This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Harry Briggs, Sr. and Eliza Briggs In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Harry and Eliza Briggs describe their experience in the first school desegregation case, Briggs v. Elliott.	6-12	PDF Document
Ida B. Wells: A Lifetime of Activism Learn about Ida B. Wells’ life-long fight for African-American civil rights in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Julian the Trailblazer Learn how chemist Percy Julian overcame prejudice and segregation to become one of the leading scientists of the 20th century. This interactive slideshow adapted from NOVA documents milestones in Julian's life and career.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Moving to Oak Park This video segment, adapted from NOVA, shows the racial violence sparked when the African American chemist Percy Julian and his family moved into an exclusive Chicago suburb in 1950.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Ned Cobb:Fighting for the Farmer Learn how Ned Cobb, an African American farmer, became president of the Sharecroppers Union in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.	9-12	QuickTime Video
The Road to Brown This video segment looks at history of the NAACP's efforts to convince the Supreme Court that segregated schools were unconstitutional, leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education cases.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Strange Fruit: A Song Born of Protest The historical and cultural significance of the legendary anti-lynching song, Strange Fruit, is examined in this video segment from Independent Lens.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Walter White: Reporting the Crime In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, White Walter put his life on the line passing for white to investigate the crime of lynching.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Why We Fight This video from the series The Supreme Court explains how World War II changed American ideas about democracy and liberty.	9-12	QuickTime Video