ABS Language Arts/Social Sciences

Since then, the country’s demographics have shifted, and the conversations about race and culture have continued. In this project, journalists, lawyers and civil rights activists explore the historic legislation— pulling the language out of history and telling us how it’s relevant today.

Topics discussed include the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960 and 1964; black disenfranchisement; and voter registration drive launched by civil rights activists in Selma, Alabam. Also being discussed are the restrictive voting laws and changes like voter identity (ID) requirements, poll closings, and registration hurdles.

Topics discussed include the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870, Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Also being discussed are the topics including 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Voting Rights Act of 1966.

from leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits.Their efforts to lead the movement were often overshadowed by men, who still get more attention and credit for its successes in popular historical narratives and commemorations.

a maelstrom of meetings, marches, violence, and in some cases, imprisonment. Why did so many young people decide to become activists for social justice?

Other civil rights leaders expressed concerns on the tone and content of the speech. Lewis directly criticized the administration of U.S. President John F. Kennedy for its stance on the civil rights movement.

which was first published in the black-owned newspaper "New York Amsterdam News" on June 19, 1965, in response to the U.S. House Rules Committee holding up legislation relating to the Voting Rights Act.

The author discusses the life of African American boys as he was growing up, his role as a preacher, and his view of white-African American relations.

Topics discussed include his birth in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and prevention of African Americans' right to vote in elections and attend same schools and bathrooms of white people; views of Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, on the civil rights movement efforts of her father; and changes to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The author discusses the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the murder of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leader Vernon Dahmer by the Ku Klux Klan in 1966, and King's relationship with civil-rights activist James Baldwin.