Students examine the African-American migrants entry into the political process. They summarize their findings in a short essay.

Ninth graders, in groups, determine reasons for African-American migration to the west

Pupils read The Northern Migration and research immigration policies of different nations for the past and the present. They create a bulletin board or spreadsheet using their information.

Read a brief overview of the history behind this executive order that integrated the segregated military and then read a copy of the complete original text.

An exhaustive, searchable website with original court records on 300 legal petitions for freedom by people of color, originally filed in St. Louis courts between 1814 and 1860.

This resource addresses the discrimination issues still in the air following the significant progress made between 1960's-1990's.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...

The South relied on slavery heavily for economic prosperity and used wealth as a way to justify enslavement practices.

The abolition movement sought to end the practice of slavery in the United States.

During the nineteenth century, enslaved African Americans worked on large plantations in the US South under brutal conditions.

This article contains numerous facts about black segregation history in the United States from the Civil War through the end of the Civil Rights Movement.