Narratives of Citizenship and Race since Emancipation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.04.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background
  5. Jim Crow Laws and Customs
  6. Fighting Back
  7. Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Student Resources
  10. Annotated Bibliography
  11. Appendix: Implementing District Standards
  12. Endnotes

For Colored Folks Only: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Laws

Louise Krasnow

Published September 2012

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Student Resources

Bridges, Ruby. Through my eyes. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Brunner, Borgna. "Civil Rights Movement Heroes for Kids (Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.), Infoplease.com." Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help. Infoplease.com. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html (accessed July 31, 2012).

Bullard, Sara. Free at last: a history of the Civil Rights Movement and those who died in the struggle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Coleman, Evelyn, and Tyrone Geter. White socks only. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman, 1996.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963: a novel. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 19971995.

"Jim Crow Timeline of Important Dates." Shmoop: Homework Help, Teacher Resources, Test Prep. http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/timeline.html (accessed July 31, 2012).

Litwin, Laura Baskes. Fannie Lou Hamer: Fighting for the Right to Vote. Enslow Publishers: Berkeley Heights, NJ, 2001.

Rappaport, Doreen, and Bryan Collier. Martin's big words: the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.

Rochelle, Belinda. Witnesses to freedom: young people who fought for civil rights. New York: Lodestar Books, 1993.

Smith, Stephen, Kate Ellis, and Sasha Aslanian. "Remembering Jim Crow: Presented by American RadioWorks." American RadioWorks from American Public Media.

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