Hello, Everyone:
Here is your Thanksgiving Break Assignment. The assignment is based on the following video, Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time. Click HERE for a 30 day free trial to Discovery Learning.
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Here's what you have to do.
1. If you have set up your account, watch the video Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time,
2. Next, read excerpts from the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of
Education. Excerpts are available online at: http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/opinion1.html.
Although Brown v. Board of Education made segregated schools illegal, it was a long
time before Southern schools were integrated. In 1955, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the ruling
and declared that schools should be desegregated with “all deliberate speed.” Despite this
ruling, many Southern schools remained segregated. Those that did integrate faced many
challenges, as did the black students who entered these schools.
So, here's the next step:
3. You will be exploring one of three early school integrations that tested Brown v. Board of Education. Choose ONE of the following to research.
• Autherine Lucy and the University of Alabama (1956)
• Little Rock Nine and Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas (1957)
• Ruby Bridges and William Frantz Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana (1960)
4. After you've researched their early school integration, ask them to write a personal essay
responding to what they read. After summarizing the events and the significance of the
integration, their essays should answer these questions:
• What challenges did these students face?
• What were some of their most poignant or surprising memories?
• How do you think you would have felt and responded had you been in their shoes
In addition to any available print resources, students may use the following Web sites to find
background information and personal stories.
Aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-aftermath.html
Autherine Lucy
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/leaders/marshallthrgd/lucy_1
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/chronology/details/560206.htm
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/030256race-ra4.html
Little Rock Nine
http://www.centralhigh57.org/index.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/index.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ak1.htm
http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_school.html
http://www.teachersdomain.org/9-12/soc/ush/civil/lr9/
Ruby Bridges
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html
http://www.rubybridges.org/story.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight_september.html
Good Luck!
