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Integration/Segregation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Mendez v. Westminster": Desegregating California's Schools 
 Video clip, background essay, and discussion questions about the "Mendez v. Westminster" California school desegregation case. "In 1946, eight years before the landmark Supreme Court decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education,' Mexican Americans in Orange County, California won ... [this] class action lawsuit to dismantle the segregated school system that existed there." A part of Teacher's Domain from the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/osi04.soc.ush.civil.mendez/ Topics: California: Education, Education Last updated Nov 22, 2008 Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
This National Historic Site, which consists of "Monroe Elementary School, one of the four segregated elementary schools for African American children in Topeka," Kansas, commemorates "the landmark [1954] Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools." The Web site provides information about visiting the school, material about the main lawsuit and related cases, and a bibliography. http://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Fifty Years After "Brown v. Board of Education"
Collection of five radio programs from 2004 about school segregation in California. Topics include a Los Angeles school with a required 40 percent white and 60 percent minority enrollment, desegregation efforts in San Francisco, and "the little-known school desegregation case of 'Mendez v. Westminster'. This California case won access for Mexican Americans to white schools in 1947." From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1751945 Topics: Black Resources, California: Education, Education Last updated Jan 2, 2008 The History of Jim Crow
"An educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history." The material includes essays, personal narratives, lesson plans, photographs and historical images, and maps and geographical perspectives on segregation in the United States from the 1870s through the 1950s. "Content was generated by a national collaboration of classroom teachers, working with professional historians." http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Little Rock Nine
This site is devoted to the history of a landmark event in the history of school integration in the American South. In 1957, nine African-American high school students were the first to enroll in the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fearing an explosion of violence, President Eisenhower ordered that troops of the National Guard be brought in to protect the students. The site contains photos, videos, and newspaper articles of the time, as well as an update on the nine students and coverage of the dedication of the Central High Visitor Center on the 40th anniversary of the historic events. http://www.centralhigh57.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Holidays and Observances Individually, K-12 Education, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 16, 2004 Magnet Schools Assistance
Background about this program that "provides grants to eligible local educational agencies to establish and operate magnet schools that are operated under a court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegregation plan." Provides definitions of magnet schools, details about eligibility, and links to publications about creating successful magnet schools. From the U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/programs/magnet/ Topics: Education Last updated May 5, 2009 Oh Freedom Over Me
This site is a companion to a report from America RadioWorks and National Public Radio (NPR) news about the "Freedom Summer [of 1964], one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement." The site features audio of the radio show, an essay, interview transcripts of selected Freedom Summer veterans, and a slide show about this project in Mississippi that focused on voting rights and education. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, Social Issues Last updated Jun 15, 2005 Partners of the Heart
This companion to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "American Experience" program of the same title describes the collaboration between Alfred Blalock, a white surgeon, and Vivien Thomas, an African American with a high school education, in the 1944 creation of a heart surgery procedure that would save the lives of thousands of "blue babies." Includes a transcript; information about topics including "race relations, civil rights, segregation, [and] medical advances"; and a resource guide for teachers. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, K-12 Education, Medical Treatments & Devices, Social Issues, The Human Body Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Patchwork of African-American Life
Profiles six websites about African American history and culture "created as models to suggest ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning." Topics include racial desegregation in schools (Little Rock 9) and the Tuskegee [syphilis] Study. Includes an "interactive treasure hunt" and WebQuest, an online research project. From AT&T's Knowledge Network Explorer education program. http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/BHM/ Topics: Black Resources, Diseases & Conditions, Education Last updated Mar 23, 2006 Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
An online companion to a Smithsonian National Museum of American History exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary (May 17, 2004) of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. The site traces the history of segregation, the battle for education, and the events leading to the historic decision. Includes an annotated bibliography, a teacher's guide, and a timeline of events leading up to the decision. http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated May 19, 2004 The University of Michigan Library Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education
"This archive contains documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present. The archive is divided into four main areas of interest: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools." Also includes an image gallery, bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.lib.umich.edu/brown-versus-board-education/index.html Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education Last updated Aug 6, 2009 |
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