Civil Rights in North Carolina Online Workshop

Workshop Contents:

  • Workshop Introduction
  • FAQs
  • Participant Background 
  • Bulletin Board 
  • Evaluating and Using Online Resources in the Classroom 
  • Workshop Handouts
    • North Carolina Civil Rights Time line 
    • North Carolina Historic Sites and Museums Highlighting Civil Rights 
    • Workshop Links 
  • Primary Sources: What They Are and How to Use Them in the Classroom
  • Interactive Civil Rights Time line
  • Session 1: Trouble in My Way: 1830–1900 
    • An Era of New Opportunities 
    • Biography: Henry Berry Lowry 
    • Issue: Schools for Freed People 
    • Democracy Deceived 
    • Event: Wilmington Race Riot
  • Session 2: People Get Ready: 1901–1953 
    • Political Disfranchisement 
    • Biography: The House That Dr. Pope Built 
    • Deepening the Social Divide 
    • Issue: Segregation 
    • World War II and the Push for Equality 
    • Event: Journey of Reconciliation 
  • Session 3: Tear Down These Walls: 1954–1980 
    • The Brown Decisiony 
    • People Who Dared 
    • Event: The Greensboro Sit-In 
    • Biography: Grand Lady: Ella Baker 
    • Issue: Voting at Last 
    • The White Backlash 
    • A Shift toward Militancy 
    • For the Good of the Community 
    • Epilogue in the 1980s 
  • Session 4: WebQuest: Exploring Civil Rights beyond the Traditional Focus 
  • Session 5: The Changing Face of Civil Rights
    • Regaining Lost Ground 
    • New Struggles 
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