The unit will cover the aftermath of the Reconstruction in Texas to the Civil Rights movement in Texas and the United States. Examining and analyzing documents, media, and people involved in the struggle for liberty and equality for the African-Americans after the Civil War. An in -depth understanding of how Jim Crow laws were abolished in Houston and the current issues about race relations today in our state and country will be study for this unit.
understand the significance role of individuals and civil rights in Texas
causes and effects of significant events in Jim Crow Texas
analyze primary sources about civil rights events in Texas
interpret media sources for content
utilize additional resources for analysis and understanding
interpret quotes for abstract meaning
write a conclusion paragraph
create a fine art medium depicting civil rights
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The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage (6:27) On This Day: The Haitian Revolution of 1791 (4 Clips)
Solomon Northup: 12 Years a Slave (8:24) The Nat Turner Rebellion (5:50) The Domestic Slave Trade (3:35)
Video Clip: Harriet Tubman's Life and Legacy (4:01) Dred Scott v Sandford (6 Clips) On This Day: Emancipation Proclamation (4 Clips)
On This Day: Juneteenth (2 Clips) Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass (10:24) 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments (4:36)
: Beale Street and Memphis (8:05) Plessy v. Ferguson (8 Clips) Booker T. Washington (4 Clips)
Langston Hughes (5 Clips W. E. B. Du Bois (5:06) The Great Migration (9 Clips)
Origins of the NAACP (3:53) Jesse Owens Wins First of Four Gold Medals (4 Clips) African Americans in WWI (9:54)
The Tuskegee Airmen (6:47) Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement (15 Clips) Brown v. Board of Education (9 Clips)
Little Rock Nine (4 Clips) Emmett Till's Kidnapping and Murder (8:51) The 1963 March on Washington (11:49)
Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail (7 Clips) President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 (3:08)
Voting Rights Marches in Selma (3 Clips) Civil Rights Movement: Sit-Ins (4 Clips) Voting Rights in the South and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (4:33)
Last Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. (3 Clips) On This Day: Black Panther Party (4 Clips) The Origins of the Black Lives Matter Movement (3:05)
For additional resources, visit our Black History and Civil Rights Featured Resources page.
John Biggers James L. Farmer Jr. Barbara Jordan Jack Johnson Julius Bledsoe Scott Joplin George "Mickey" Leland
Credit: Humanities of Texas