Eyes on the Prize Study Guide
This guide provides a framework for using the landmark documentary film Eyes on the Prize as a tool for teaching the civil rights movement.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Declaration of Human Rights
Allida Black discusses Eleanor Roosevelt's expanding views on civil rights in the United States as she negotiates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part One - Gold Mountain Dreams
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The first of a 3-part series explores the early years of Chinese immigration to the U.S.
Glenn Ligon's Untitled: Four Etchings
Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings using quotations from writer Zora Neale Hurston's essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.
Ferguson Social Media Posts
A selection of tweets from citizens and news reports in response about the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
A General's Responsibility: Matsui, Nanjing, and the Tokyo Trial
Scholar Beth Van Schaack discusses General Matsui Iwane’s involvement in the Nanjing atrocities.
Eugenics, Race, and Marriage
Learn about the case of Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, who were prosecuted because they violated a Virginia law banning interracial couples from marrying.
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
‘63 Boycott: Today is Freedom Day
During the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott, 225,000 students protested racial segregation and unequal conditions in Chicago's schools. This video features footage of the boycott and student participants' eyewitness accounts.
Sources: The Hope and Fragility of Multiracial Democracy
These sources help students explore the history of democratic and anti-democratic efforts in the United States.
Say, Mean, Matter: The Hope and Fragility of Multiracial Democracy
This handout contains a graphic organizer that helps students analyze key quotes from the sources in Handout 1.