Is It a Crime for Women to Vote?
Read the speech Susan B. Anthony delivered after being arrested for voting in a presidential election before women had gained the right to vote.
Is It a Crime for Women to Vote? (en español)
In Spanish, read the speech Susan B. Anthony delivered after being arrested for voting in a presidential election before women had gained the right to vote.
Lynda Lowery Describes Bloody Sunday
Lynda Lowery describes "Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that motivated her throughout.
No Human Being Was Born Illegal
Students at a school in Los Angeles raise awareness about derogatory labels used to describe individuals who immigrated to the United States as well as those who identify as LGBTQIA+.
Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette on Non-Violence
Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. discusses the important practice of nonviolence.
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth Recounts the Bombing of His Parsonage in 1956
Fred Shuttlesworth speaks about the civil rights movement's commitment to non-violence.
Scottsboro: an American Tragedy
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In March 1931, two white women in Alabama made the shocking accusation that they had been raped by nine black teenagers on a train. The trials of the young men drew North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
This is the full text of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which made freedpeople citizens.
Congress Debates the Fourteenth Amendment
Quotations from the 1866 congressional debate over the Fourteenth Amendment help students clarify what the amendment says and its significance.
Election Violence in Mississippi (1875)
Robert Gleeds, an African American candidate for sheriff in Lowndes County, Mississippi, describes the violence that occurred on the eve of the 1875 election.
Election Violence in Mississippi (en español)
In Spanish, Robert Gleeds, an African American candidate for sheriff in Lowndes County, Mississippi, describes the violence that occurred on the eve of the 1875 election.