AHTC Focus Workshop
April 29, 2006
Web Resources for Brown v. Board
of Education
(Selected and annotated by the National Archives and Records Administration; included on the CD provided)
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Remembering Jim Crow http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering |
Published by American
Public Radio, created by Stephen Smith, Kate Ellis, and Sasha Aslanian. APR is a division of Minnesota Public
Radio and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A documentary history of racial
segregation. Contains several
subsections, each of which has text, sideshow and audio clips. |
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Brown v. Board of
Education |
Published by the National
Park Service. Created by Deborah
Riley. Contains information
about the NPS national historic site in Topeka, current events and activities,
educational publications, and historical information on the Supreme Court
case. |
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From Plessy v. Ferguson to
Brown v. Board of Education: The
Supreme Court Rules on Desegregation |
Published by the Yale New
Haven Teachers Institute, a cooperative program between Yale University and
the New Haven public schools.
Compiled by Karen Wolff.
This is a 14-week lesson plan for a unit on the U.S. Supreme Court,
desegregation, and the American legal system. |
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Brown versus Board of
Education http://www.concentric.net/~Wrogers/Marshall/brown.htm |
A one-page article that
contains several links. |
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Landmark Cases, The
Supreme Court – Brown v. Board of Education http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/home.html |
Presented by Street Law
and the Supreme Court Historical Society. This section contains: Background and summaries on three different reading
levels, also. Diagrams of how
the cases moved through the court system, excerpts from the majority (and
where appropriate) the dissenting opinions, and links to the full text of the
Supreme CourtÕs decisions. |
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Brown v. Board of Education
of Topeka, 40 Years Later http://www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/report/r-fea.34.htm |
In 1993 the Woodstock
Theological Center sponsored a forum on the progress of African American
education since Brown. Discussants included: Samuel Harvey, Jr., vice president
for urban affairs at Georgetown University; Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie,
former Superintendent of Schools in the
District of Columbia; and Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson
Professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University. The moderator Jim Vance, journalist
and anchor for News 4, WRC-TV in Washington, DC. |
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Brown v. Topeka Board of
Education |
An outstanding website
created by the students of Ross Valley Junior High School, in Topeka, Kansas,
with many graphics, references and narratives. |
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Brown v. Board of
Education (1954) http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html |
The full text of the
opinion |
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In Pursuit of Freedom and
Equality |
A rich website maintained
by the Brown Foundation of Topeka, Kansas. Contains issues of Brown Foundation newsletter, student
activities, a virtual exhibition, and historical information. |
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Teaching with
Documents: Brown v. Board of
Education |
A site maintained by the
National Archives and Records Administration. Contains images of documents along with bibliographies and
lesson plans, at several grade levels. |
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Brown v. Board of
Education Books for Children http://www.child-reading-tips.com/brown-v.-board-of-education-books-for-children.htm |
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An Annotated Bibliography
of Selected ChildrenÕs and Young Adult Books http://door.library.uiuc.edu/edx/Brown.htm |
Compiled by the University
of Illinois at Urbana. Lists
works on the Supreme Court decision, as well as on school segregation
generally. Includes works of
non-fiction, as well as fiction. |
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The Civil Rights Project
of Harvard University |
The Civil Rights Project
generates, synthesizes and publishes research on key civil rights issues and
policies, including several issues on higher education, bilingualism,
educational diversity, and affirmative action. |
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The Civil Rights Coalition
for the 21st Century |
The Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights (LCCR) is the nationÕs premier civil rights coalition, and
has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major
civil rights law since 1957. It
advocates for a number of equal educational opportunity issues. |
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School Desegregation and
Prejudice in the United States http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1988/1/88.01.03.x.html |
A curriculum unit prepared
by the Yale New Haven Teachers Institute |
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***Illnois Humanities
Council: Brown v. Board
– 50 Years Later:
Conversations on Integration, Race, and the Courts http://www.bvb50.org/historical.html |
The Illinois Humanities
CouncilÕs program uses the 50th anniversary of the court decision
to reflect on the continued relevance of the issues central to the case. This website includes a description
of the historical context and a link to additional resources. |
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***Smithsonian National
Museum of American History:
Separate Is Not Equal – Brown v. Board of Education |
The SmithsonianÕs program
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the court decision. This website includes teacher lesson
plans and student resources for a variety of grade levels. It also has a ÒReflectionsÓ section
where people who attended school before and after the Supreme Court decision
can post answers to questions about school experiences. |
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