U.S. Social Movements through Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 21.01.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Content Objectives
  4. Content Background
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Resources
  8. Bibliography
  9. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  10. Notes

John Lewis: Examining the Past to Inform Understandings of the Present

Stephen Straus

Published September 2021

Tools for this Unit:

Resources

Student Reading List

Choi, Franny. “Field Trip to the Museum of Human History.” 2015. https://www.frannychoi.com/museum-of-human-history. Accessed 5 August 2021

Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. March: Book One. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013

Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story:  How 50,000 Negroes Found a New Way to End Racial Discrimination. In Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1-16. New Haven, CT: Beinecke Rare Books Library, 2017. <collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16189381> Accessed 5 August 2021

List of Material for Classroom Use

Acevedo, Eduardo. “Student demonstrators, local activists demand defunding, abolishing VCU Police.” The Commonwealth Times [Richmond, VA]. 24 July 2020. https://commonwealthtimes.org/2020/07/24/student-demonstrators-local-activists-demand-defunding-abolishing-vcu-police/. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Blest, Paul. "Police Turned Richmond Into a War Zone Last Night.” Vice. 23 June 2020. https://www.vice.com/en/article/935kp5/police-turned-richmond-into-a-war-zone-last-night. Accessed June 24, 2020.

Box 7 Microfilm Collection. Richmond Afro American, January 1, 1960-December 31, 1960. Richmond Public Library. 101 E Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23219. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Carpenter, Malcom. Richmond sit-in demo photos, 1960. February 1960. Private collection. Accessed 5 August 2021.

“Confederate Howitzer statue removed after demonstrators tore it down” WRIC [Richmond, VA]. 17 June 2020. https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/protesters-tear-down-confederate-howitzer-statue/. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Evans, Katy, and John Ramsey. “It's been a year since George Floyd was murdered. Richmonders reflect on what's changed” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 24 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/its-been-a-year-since-george-floyd-was-murdered-richmonders-reflect-on-whats-changed/article_c8d94fc4-e965-5c6b-80e3-0175d42416a1.html. Accessed 19 July 7.

“Greensboro Sit-Ins.” Stanford History Education Group. https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-assessments/greensboro-sit-ins. Accessed 3 August 2021.

John Lewis: Good Trouble. Directed by Dawn Porter. Magnolia Pictures, 2020.

Kapsidelis, Karin. "1960 sit-in put Richmond on road to change." Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), sec. Local News, 14 Feb. 2010. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/12DE1E0C8E63BB28. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Matthews, Dr. Kimberely, and Dr. Raymond Pierre Hylton. The Richmond 34 and the Civil Rights Movement (Images of America). Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2020. Print.

Moreno, Sabrina. “Floyd one year later: Kalia Harris on holding powerful people accountable and keeping each other safe when governments don't.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 24 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/floyd-one-year-later-kalia-harris-on-holding-powerful-people-accountable-and-keeping-each-other/article_02577e00-0e87-5c82-8bb9-65f98e1b0af9.html#tracking-source=in-article. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Moreno, Sabrina. “Floyd one year later: Stephanie Younger on abolition, the power of young people and what true solidarity is.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 25 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/floyd-one-year-later-stephanie-younger-on-abolition-the-power-of-young-people-and-what/article_7eb4cd2c-a037-575c-ad02-5fd61d6fdb2c.html#tracking-source=in-article. Accessed 19 July 2021.

"Our Past." Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), Final ed., sec. Editorial, 16 July 2009, pp. A-08. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/129A048897173970. Accessed 19 July 2021.

“Police use tear gas on protesters during standoff near Richmond Police Headquarters.” NBC12 [Richmond, VA]. 15 June 2020. https://www.nbc12.com/2020/06/15/police-use-tear-gas-protesters-during-standoff-near-richmond-police-headquarters/. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Richmond Times Dispatch, 21 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE78455578E4%402436986-148CC5AAA09BE81C%4020. Accessed 18 July 2021.

Richmond Times Dispatch, 23 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE7A78B3B22A%402436988-148DCCBD92D87DAC%400. Accessed 12 July 2021.

Richmond Times Dispatch, 24 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE7B622CC75D%402436989-148DCCE4E6C31595%400. Accessed 18 July 2021.

Rockett, Ali, and Chris Suarez. “Mayor Levar Stoney wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times reflecting on last summer. Here's what he left out:” 25 May 2021.

Richmond Times-Dispatch. https://richmond.com/news/local/mayor-levar-stoney-wrote-an-opinion-piece-for-the-new-york-times-reflecting-on-last/article_ba907d2a-3be3-5168-9527-b5494d12c718.html. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Roldan, Roberto. “How ‘Defunding The Police’ Is Translating Into Policy In Richmond” VPM [Richmond, VA]. 21 June 2020. https://vpm.org/news/articles/14328/how-defunding-the-police-is-translating-into-policy-in-richmond.  Accessed 19 July 2021.

Stoney, Levar. “I Needed to Lead My City. But I Needed to Apologize First.” The New York Times. 22 May 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/opinion/confederate-monuments-richmond-levar-stoney.html. Accessed 19 July 2021.

Streever, David. “Police Tear Gas, Charge Crowd Before Curfew Begins” VPM [Richmond]. 1 June 2020. https://vpm.org/news/articles/13910/police-tear-gas-charge-crowd-before-curfew-begins. Accessed 19 July 2021.

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