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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
"I Knew I Had to Give Him the Talk" (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley shares an account of "the talk" she had with her son Emmett Till shortly before he journeyed from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955. This resource is in Spanish.
![Father holding child hand](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/iStock-1369187524.jpg?h=6b9347cd&itok=lAQ1JEMa)
Segregation and Precipitating Events (en español)
This excerpt from an FBI investigation of the murder of Emmett Till describes some of the Southern norms that were created to enforce white supremacy. This resource is in Spanish.
![Black man waiting at bus station in the colored section during segregation](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/12_Jim_Crow_Durham_NC.jpg?h=2a400454&itok=S2DapbD9)
Mississippi Miscegenation Laws (en español)
This document lists in chronological order the evolution of Mississippi miscegenation laws between 1865 and 1942. This resource is in Spanish.
![Black man waiting at bus station in the colored section during segregation](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/12_Jim_Crow_Durham_NC.jpg?h=2a400454&itok=S2DapbD9)
The Brown Decision (en español)
This document gives students the immediate historical context of the Till murder by summarizing the segregationist reaction to the Brown decision and the emergence of White Citizens’ Councils in Mississippi. This resource is in Spanish.
![ca. May 1954, Washington, DC, USA --- Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie sit on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nettie explains to her daughter the meaning of the high court's ruling in the Brown Vs. Board of Education case that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/brown__v_board_BE048007.jpg?h=a2c2cdfd&itok=NfTipnEa)
Quotes from the Mississippi Constitutional Convention 1890 (en español)
This source includes quotes from delegates at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention asserting the desire to create a government to uphold white supremacy. This resource is in Spanish.
![Session of Mississippi Legislature, Constitutional Convention](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Legislature_of_the_State_of_Mississippi_%281890%29.png?h=80e0f324&itok=x3HyWSeM)
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885 (en español)
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
![This photograph of the Tape family shows Mamie in the center.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Tape_family.jpg?h=f58e46b7&itok=KNSF5ACq)
Excerpts from “Andrew G. Imutan 1965-1974,” Essays by UFW Volunteers Collection (en español)
Andrew Imutan recounts the proceedings of a 1965 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee meeting that led to the Delano grape workers strike.
![Photograph shows farm workers and supporters of the United Farm Workers (UFW) during the Peregrinacion (Pilgrimage), a 340 mile march from Delano to the steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento, California.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/MarchDelano.jpg?h=1d36f27a&itok=anUjEBgC)
The Legacy of a Witness (en español)
Learn about Armin Wegner's efforts to raise consciousness about the Armenian massacres. This resource is in Spanish.
![Photographer Armin T. Wegner, 1916 in Bagdad](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armintwegner1890s_Website.jpg?h=d5b820fb&itok=zePU_efS)
Two Names, Two Worlds (en español)
In Spanish, Jonathan Rodríguez reflects on his name through poetry. How does his name “place him in the world”?
Boston Community Profiles (en español)
This handout includes short overviews of the three fastest-growing racial and ethnic groups in Boston in the 1960s, as well as the city’s shrinking white population during that time. This resource is in Spanish.
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A Latina Mother Responds to Conditions at School (en español)
Historian Tatiana Cruz describes what a Latina mother saw when she visited her daughter’s school in Boston in the 1970s. This resource is in Spanish.
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