Civil Rights Historical Investigations
Use this resource to help students study three major moments in the development of the civil rights movement in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s.
![African-American protesters picketing against Boston school segregation in 1963.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/neu_111423.jpeg?h=3884fb6d&itok=IyOyFLKA)
Taking Down the Confederate Flag
Learn about the recent debate over the Confederate flag in South Carolina following the murders at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in 2015.
![Southeast view of the South Carolina State House with Strom Thurmond statue in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/South_Carolina_State_House%2C_Columbia%2C_Southeast_view_with_Strom_Thurmond_Statue_FH2170671.jpeg?h=773321b5&itok=phpSrnZx)
Antisemitic Children's Book
From the 1938 antisemitic children’s book The Poisonous Mushroom. The boy is drawing a nose on the chalkboard, and the caption reads: “The Jewish nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like a 6.”
![A child in a classroom standing at the chalkboard demonstrating anti-semitic knowledge](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Antisemitic%20Children%27s%20Book.jpg?h=3c456dbd&itok=U8MEfJuh)
Antisemitic Children's Book (en español)
From the 1938 antisemitic children’s book The Poisonous Mushroom. The boy is drawing a nose on the chalkboard, and the caption reads: “The Jewish nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like a 6.” This resource is in Spanish.
![A child in a classroom standing at the chalkboard demonstrating anti-semitic knowledge](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Antisemitic%20Children%27s%20Book.jpg?h=3c456dbd&itok=U8MEfJuh)
White Nationalism
This Explainer is intended to describe key characteristics of the white nationalist ideology and clarify some of the terms surrounding it. It is important to note that many of the beliefs described here are based on false and dangerous assumptions.
![Overhead image of candlelight vigil.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Candlelight_Vigil_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=8VNp3isr)
What is Migration?
Use this Explainer to help differentiate between terms like refugee, migrant, and asylum.
![A woman sitting in a full waiting area looks at her passport.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2018_ImmigratioinOfficeinLima_FH289808.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=j9-Gqh5y)
Why MLK Encouraged 225,000 Chicago Kids to Cut Class in 1963
Learn about the 1963 Chicago Public School Boycott, when students demanded better schools for black neighborhoods and equal opportunity for all.
![Crowd fills LaSalle Street between City Hall and building housing Board of Education as hundreds of demonstrators marched in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1963 following a one-day boycott of public schools.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1963_AfricanAmericanIntegrationAntiSchoolBoycott1963IL_FH2169828.jpg?h=12de4a96&itok=CAfhRaQg)
UDHR Infographic
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It states the basic rights and freedoms to which all people are entitled.
![The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It states the basic rights and freedoms to which all people are entitled.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/UDHR_Infographic_1.jpg?h=85eae72e&itok=qU3cRgNE)
Laundrymen and Movies
Learn about the prejudice, stereotypes, and victimization Chinese and Chinese Americans faced in the US in the 1920s.
![This is a photograph of Wong Kim Ark from an federal immigration investigation case conducted under the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1882-1943).](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/1904_IdentificationPhotographonAffidavitforWongKimArk_FH2173435.jpg?h=7218466b&itok=ayWMLquu)
A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism
This book traces antisemitism's evolution over the centuries and examines how the ancient hatred continues to shape attitudes and beliefs in the world today.
![A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/A_Convenient_Hatred_book_cover.jpg?h=7690544b&itok=OVdTDxAZ)
The Jews of Poland
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This resource draws on autobiographies, diaries, official documents, and literary works to help students explore how Jews and non-Jews living in Poland throughout history have responded to questions about identity.
![The Jews of Poland Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/jews_of_poland_color_8392006089_o.jpg?h=8bf64f20&itok=GbvwaBOB)