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Civil Rights

Introduction

While the Reconstruction Amendments were an important step in ensuring equal rights for all people, regardless of race, racial injustices throughout the United States continued into the late 19th and 20th centuries, leading to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and the passages of Supreme Court decisions and legislation, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Big Questions

What was the Civil Rights Movement? When was it active? Who were some of its leaders? What were some of the Civil Rights Movement’s core constitutional arguments?
What did the original Constitution say about civil rights, and how did later amendments transform our nation’s charter?

 

 

What was the Warren Court, and what were some of its key rulings in the 1950s and 1960s? What were some of the landmark civil rights laws passed during the Civil Rights Era?
What is the constitutional legacy of the Civil Rights Movement?

 

 

Videos: Recorded Clases

Civil Rights Movement with Hasan Kwame Jeffries 
All Ages Level

The Civil Rights Movement 
Advanced Session 

The Civil Rights Movement 
Introductory Session 

Historic Documents and Cases

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