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Daily Video February 19 2016

Montgomery police honor civil rights history in officer training
In Montgomery, Alabama, County Police Chief Kevin Murphy recognized that many of his younger police officers were not aware of the turbulent civil rights history of their city.
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Lesson Plan February 18 2016

Lesson Plan: How the Civil Rights Movement embodied a time of change

The Civil Rights Movement did not begin suddenly in the 1960s, nor was it a short battle. To understand the enormity of the famous March on Washington, we compiled a timeline of major civil rights events in the 100 years leading up to August 20, 1963.
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Lesson Plan February 05 2016

Lesson Plan: What is Discrimination?
This lesson on discrimination is designed for middle and high school students with intellectual disabilities. It is designed specifically for students who have difficulty with verbal and written expression.
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Daily Video January 11 2016

Urban-Suburban school desegregation program seen as model
More than 60 years after the United States Supreme Court outlawed “separate but equal” schools in Brown vs. Board of Education, data shows that many school districts s are more segregated than ever — with some key exceptions.
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Daily Video August 17 2015

Famed civil rights leader Julian Bond remembered
Civil rights leader and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond died Saturday at the age of 75.
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Daily Video July 24 2015

Americans with Disabilities Act Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Twenty-five years ago this week, President George H.W. Bush signed a bill protecting the civil rights of disabled Americans, prohibiting discrimination and ensuring their access to public spaces.
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Daily Video January 12 2015

“Everything was on fire” – ‘Selma’ director aims to capture spirit of civil rights moment
“Selma,” the first feature film to focus on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is inspiring discussions about the civil rights movement and artistic interpretations of history.
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Post November 26 2014

Understanding the grand jury ruling on Michael Brown’s death
  The basics 1. What happened? A grand jury decided not t…
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Why we still need Freedom Schools, 50 years later
Half a century ago, students and local organizers banded together to fight to end segregation and discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Anger and unrest in Missouri after police kill unarmed teenager
Witnesses say that Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old from a suburb of St. Louis, did not resist officers and put his hands over his head even as he was shot repeatedly.
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