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People and Communities: Community Organizing

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Scrapbook These materials document the goals and activities of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.	6-12	PDF Document
Bus to the Burbs This video excerpt from La Plaza: "Bus to the Burbs" looks at METCO, a voluntary busing program in Boston.	6-12	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
Colonel Stone Johnson In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Colonel Stone Johnson describes how civil rights activists were physically attacked for their work.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Scrapbook These materials document the philosophy and activities of the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama, who fought for racial equality and voting rights for African Americans; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.	6-12	PDF Document
Decision in the Streets This video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Desegregation in San Francisco This audio excerpt from National Public Radio's All Things Considered examines policies designed to achieve racial diversity in San Francisco's schools and their impact on Chinese Americans.	6-12	Real Audio
Diane Nash and the Sit-Ins Diane 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.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Eileen Kelley Walbert Eileen 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.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Eleventh Commandment Flyer This flyer from the 1962 Birmingham selective buying campaign encourages African Americans to boycott discriminatory businesses; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.	6-12	PDF Document
Hyde County School Boycott This slide show tells the story of a yearlong boycott to protest the closing of historically black schools in Hyde County, North Carolina.	3-12	Flash Image
Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools Sylvia Mendez recalls the conditions that led Mexican Americans to sue for desegregation in the 1940s in this segment from Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Niños/For All the Children, from KOCE-TV.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Joe Dickson In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Joe Dickson recalls student activism at Miles College.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Little Rock Nine This collection of photos shows scenes from the controversial desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.	6-12	Flash Image
Lola Hendricks In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Miriam McClendon In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Miriam McClendon recalls her arrest and jailing for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963.	3-12	QuickTime Video
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
Reconstruction and Black Education This mini-documentary from the American Experience: "Reconstruction" Web site follows post-Civil War development of public education for African Americans in the South and the resistance it sparked.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying Campaign In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth This oral history transcript from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute documents the tumultuous life and leadership of the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who survived a bomb attack that destroyed his home.	6-12	PDF Document
Robert Moses In this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Rosa Parks In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.	3-12	QuickTime Video
SCLC's Chicago Plan This excerpt from SCLC's 1966 plan for a campaign in Chicago documents the conditions of urban poverty.	6-12	PDF Document
Taking a Stand This lesson provides an introduction to the discrimination and segregation that triggered the Civil Rights movement, through the eyes of some of the youngest activists at the time.	3-5	Lesson Plan