Charles Person-"Power"
A Personal Message From
Charles Person To MCSS
Charles Person stepped on the bus in Washington DC to New Orleans at the age of 18...the same age as many of the high school students we teach!
A Firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward---written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.
At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists—including future Congressman John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality Director James Farmer, Reverend Benjamin Elton Cox, journalist and pacifist James Peck, and CORE field secretary Genevieve Hughes—set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide.
Buses Are a Comin’ provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles Person accompanies his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation’s violent grip on African American lives. It is also a challenge from a teenager of a previous era to the young people of today: become agents of transformation. Stand firm. Create a more just and moral country where students have a voice, youth can make a difference, and everyone belongs.
Macmillan Publishers Special Offer
Finished print copies of BUSES ARE A COMIN' will be available in April 2021, but Macmillan Publishers is offering free access to digital advance reading copies of BUSES ARE A COMIN' to those who attend the 2021 Missouri Conference for the Social Studies (via NetGalley).
Macmillan Publishers provided the book giveaways at the St. Louis conference last year and are proud to partner with the educators of Missouri again this year. Thank you Macmillan for making all of our conferences special. Just click the button below and complete the form to receive your digital advance reading copy.
POWER SESSIONS
The sessions on this page are 10-30 minutes where educators examine a teaching technique or topic that teachers can apply in their classroom
Econ Lowdown: NPR Planet Money
Eva Johnston, Federal Reserve Bank St. Louis
Time-10:01
How Social Studies K-12 Works
Jessica Barnes, Springfield Public Schools
Time-22:03
EconEdLink
Dr. Grant Black, Lindenwood University
Time-27:42
Graphic Organizers That You Can Use Now
Dr. Rhett Oldham, Ste. Genevieve R-II
Time-11:53
Teaching With Place
Erin Townsend, Nevada R-5
Time-13:11
Victims of Communism
Kerri Flynn, Washington School District
Time-12:11
Elementary Activity-Comparing President Truman and President Biden Oval Office
Mark Adams, Truman Library Educational Director
Time-10:43
Let's Blooket
Rachel McDaniel, Ste. Genevieve R-II
Time-21:47
Escape Rooms in the Classoom
Sara Wagenknecht
MCSS Pre-Service Teacher
Time-12:26
Supporting Teachers and Their Instructional Needs
Andrew Askuvich, ICS Trainer
Time-23:54
Newsela Social Studies
Corinne Wenz, Sara Levine & Lauren Kenney
Time-18:16
Teaching Local History and Filling Your Teacher Toolbox
Dr. Rhett Oldham, Ste. Genevieve R-!!
Time-10:51
Power Vs Authority
Jeff Benes, North Kansas City School District
Time-20:31