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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.
Mississippi Miscegenation Laws
This document lists in chronological order the evolution of Mississippi miscegenation laws between 1865 and 1942.
![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
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.
![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
This source includes quotes from delegates at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention asserting the desire to create a government to uphold white supremacy.
![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
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
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)
Introducing Borders (Adapted Version)
Adapted for English Learners and students who benefit from scaffolding, this informational text introduces students to the concept of borders.
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There Was a Purpose in My Being There
Learn about the voter registration drives in the South during the civil rights movement through a volunteer’s first hand account.
![A group of Freedom Riders from Tennessee stands at the door of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/1961_FreedomRidersBoardGreyhoundBus_FH17485.jpg?h=b391b280&itok=EnCQaY1R)
A Latina Mother Responds to Conditions at School
Historian Tatiana Cruz describes what a Latina mother saw when she visited her daughter’s school in Boston in the 1970s.
![Motorcycle police escort school buses as they leave South Boston High School](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/AP578859834926.jpg?h=81d02d30&itok=pvLW0Jse)
Forgetting Isn't Healing
Jouranlist Sonari Glinton connects Elie Wiesel’s teachings on bearing witness to his own experiences as a Black man in the United States.
![Photograph shows some participants in the civil rights march sitting on a wall resting, one holds a placard which reads, "We march together, Catholics, Jews, Protestant, for dignity and brotherhood of all men under God, Now!" Image used in Reconstruction video series.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1965_CivilRightsMarchFromSelmatoMontgomeryAlabama1965_FH21395.jpg?h=eab7a300&itok=NIPoOKn0)