Teacher Resources: NVLP: African American History

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Play a short video to jumpstart a classroom discussion. This series of short videos can be used to supplement classroom lessons or inspire students to overcome adversity, learn the meaning of education and develop healthy behavior and lifestyles.

History/Civics/Government/Social Studies

Era/ Subject	Video Clip	Visionary

Reconstruction - 1877
	The Importance of 1877 Dial-up Broadband	Lerone Bennett, Jr.

The Modern Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow & Segregation
	Playing without Discrimination Dial-up Broadband	Ray Charles
	Riding the Bus in Alabama Dial-up Broadband	Sonia Sanchez
	My Family Experience with the Klan Dial-up Broadband	Ossie Davis
	Racism in My Childhood Dial-up Broadband	John Hope Franklin
	Segregation and Racism in Lorain, Ohio Dial-up Broadband	Toni Morrison
	On the Semi-Segregated Military Dial-up Broadband	Samuel Gravely

Brown vs. Board of Education – 1954
	Importance of Brown vs. Board of Education Dial-up Broadband	Benjamin Hooks
	Brown v. Broad of Education Dial-up Broadband	Constance Baker Motley

Testing The Courts on the Issue of Equal Rights in Alabama
	Stopping at Nothing for Equal Rights Dial-up Broadband	Fred Shuttlesworth
	Jail Photos of Dr. King Dial-up Broadband	Wyatt T. Walker

Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement
	My Experience in the Civil Rights Movement Dial-up Broadband	Dorothy Height
	My Relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr. Dial-up Broadband	Fred Shuttlesworth
	Meeting Dr. King for the First Time Dial-up Broadband	Wyatt T. Walker
	Working for Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. Dial-up Broadband	Andrew Young

Freedom Walks, Freedom Rides, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
	SNCC Dial-up Broadband	James Forman
	Civil Rights Marches Dial-up Broadband	Andrew Young

Registering to Vote in the Segregated South
	Voting Rights and Politics Dial-up Broadband	Walter Fauntroy
	Fighting Segregation from the Pulpit Dial-up Broadband	Fred Shuttlesworth
	Albany, Georgia Movement Dial-up Broadband	James Forman
	Discussions with Martin Luther King, Jr. Dial-up Broadband	James Forman
	King and Abernathy in Jail in Albany, Georgia Dial-up Broadband	Constance Baker Motley

The March from Selma to Montgomery
	Marching in Selma Dial-up Broadband	Amelia Boynton Robinson

Klan & White Supremacist Bombings of Civil Rights Leaders
	The Night Klansman Bombed My Home Dial-up Broadband	Fred Shuttleworth

The Montgomery Bus Boycott
	Preparing to Start the Movement/ The Montgomery Bus Boycott Dial-up Broadband	Coretta Scott King

The March on Washington
	The March on Washington – Crossing racial, gender and class lines Dial-up Broadband	Lerone Bennett, Jr.
	The Success of the March on Washington Dial-up Broadband	Walter Fauntroy

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
	Keeping the Dream Alive / The Martin Luther King Center Dial-up Broadband	Coretta Scott King
	Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. as a teenager Dial-up Broadband	Dorothy Height
	Out of the Civil Rights Movement Dial-up Broadband	David DuBois
	Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Dial-up Broadband	Dorothy Height
	Martin Luther King Assassination Dial-up Broadband	Andrew Young

Remembering Malcolm X
	Malcolm X Dial-up Broadband	Maya Angelou
	My Legal Client, Malcolm X Dial-up Broadband	Percy Sutton

Affirmative Action
	The Importance of History Dial-up Broadband	John Hope Franklin
	The Jason Blair Controversy Dial-up Broadband	Lerone Bennett, Jr.

Educational Theme	Download the thematic Videos	Visit the participating Visionaries' Web pages*
African Americans in the Military	Dial-up Broadband	Lee Archer;
Childhood Memories	Dial-up Broadband	Gordon Parks; Maya Angelou; Lee Archer;
Education is Key	Dial-up Broadband	Dorothy Height; Dick Gregory; Coretta Scott King, Rev. Benjamin Hooks; Edward Brooke; Evelyn Granville; David Driskell; Gardner Taylor; Andrew Young; William Coleman; Lerone Bennett, Jr.; John Hope Franklin; Barbara Sizemore; Dovey Roundtree; Lee Archer; Shirley Chisholm
Leadership	Dial-up Broadband	Andrew Young; David Dinkins, Constance Baker Motley
Memories of Martin Luther King, Jr.	Dial-up Broadband	Coretta Scott King,

*Each of our Visionaries has a dedicated web page with links to their biography, video interview excerpts, the full interview transcript, and related web resources.

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Brown vs. Board of Education – 1954

Registering to Vote in the Segregated South

Klan & White Supremacist Bombings of Civil Rights Leaders

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Remembering Malcolm X