ROle of MA in Civil War, as developed by State of MA Secretary of State...

Activity using primary sources from "Teaching with Primary Sources", shown to us by Rhonda in TAH

Nast's image on treatment of AA 

Thomas Nast's 1971 cartoon on Native Americans rights

Peniel Joseph's recommendation for a AA textbook on black history in the US -- would be interesting to look at for WMS. There are 2 volumes.

Online resource from Library of Congress, tracing African American history from Slavery to Civil Rights

Article on lesser known, but supremely important, part of I have a dream, "we have come to the nation's capital to cash a check"

Simple, yet effective strategy for a role play to unpack issues of standing up during Civil Rights Movement. Could tweak this to use for many other moments in history.

Lesson for MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail.

MLK's famous letter in April, 1963. Waiting means never.

Article by Peniel Joseph about Kennedy and Civil Rights Movement defining moment. Joseph spoke on Fri 7/26/2013 for TAH Summer class.

Oh my god, Ed O'Donnell! His blog.

'radical', revolutionary art -- contemporary artist, Dread Scott, race and pushing the boundaries of art and controversial use of flags and burning US documents

fascinating artist pushing the issues of race and celebrity

controversial Vogue cover, comparing LeBron James to a gorilla.

The last major event of the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement was The Longest Walk from February to July 1978. S

Collection of Joe Moakley documents regarding the Boston busing crisis

Pigeon -- 11 minute documentary on upstanders

How WWII breaks out, interactive map

my new favorite go-to for objective background on big national and international news. JURIST (http://jurist.org) is a Web-based legal news and real-time legal research service powered by a mostly-volunteer team of over 30 part-time law student reporters, editors and Web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.