Primary Source Packet: Setting the Stage for Civil Rights

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Use primary sources in your classroom to analyze how African Americans fought for civil rights in the early 20th century.

The Setting the Stage for Civil Rights Primary Source Packet provides resources that help expand the narrative of African Americans' struggle for civil rights. The sources and corresponding guiding questions share stories about how the foundation for the larger movement was laid decades earlier.

Packet Contents

• Reproduction images of 17 primary sources including photographs, documents, census records, objects, oral histories
• Teacher's Guide with discussion questions, context, activity suggestions