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Loving v. Virginia

Students may not believe that a man and wife went to jail for getting married in Virginia in 1958. This ordinarily would not be a crime, but Mildred was African-American and RIchard was not. This Supreme Court decision is used as the basis for attacks against laws forbidding same-sex marriages. Comprehensive collection of articles, artifacts and documents from the "Famous Trials" site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City

#US History #James Madison Seminar #supreme court cases #US History II #US II Unit 5: Civil Rights Movement

·law2.umkc.edu·Jul 3, 2008

Loving v. Virginia

'This Is How We Lost to the White Man' The audacity of Bill Cosby's black conservatism

This article could be used with a lesson that explores the modern version of the WEB du Bois and Booker T Washington debate

#US History #African Americans

·theatlantic.com·Apr 12, 2008

'This Is How We Lost to the White Man' The audacity of Bill Cosby's black conservatism

Stonewall 25 / Stonewall and Beyond -- Lesbian and Gay Culture (1994) -- Exhibition Index

The online edition of a Columbia University Libraries exhibition held from May 25 to September 17, 1994 in conjunction with the international celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

#US History #US History II

·columbia.edu·Mar 21, 2007

Stonewall 25 / Stonewall and Beyond -- Lesbian and Gay Culture (1994) -- Exhibition Index

Civil Rights Act (1964)

This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

#primary source #US II Unit 5: Civil Rights Movement

·ourdocuments.gov·Mar 21, 2007

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. Exhibit from OurDocuments

#supreme court cases #US History #US History II

·ourdocuments.gov·Mar 21, 2007

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)

·ourdocuments.gov·Mar 21, 2007

Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)

Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

·ourdocuments.gov·Mar 21, 2007

Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)

This executive order of September 23, 1957, signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, sent Federal troops to maintain order and peace while the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, AR, took place.

·ourdocuments.gov·Mar 21, 2007

Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)