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Five Communities That Changed America--
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By studying Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed=20 America students learn about the landmark U.S. Supreme Court = case that=20 declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Those = interested=20 in learning more will find that the Internet offers a variety of=20 interesting materials.=20

Touro Law Center: Supreme Court Cases =
Visit the=20 Touro Law Center website for the full=20 text of the Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson = and=20 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka .=20

University of Michigan Library
Visit=20 the University of Michigan Library website for a list of cases = associated with Brown v. Board. Also included is the full = text of=20 Griffin v. County School Board of Prince William County.

University of Virginia: Civil Rights in U.S. and = Virginia=20 History
This website=20 stems from a course at the University of Virginia that covers=20 segregation and the Civil Rights Movement in a local and national = context.=20 The website offers a wealth of documents, images, and sources, = including=20 images=20 from the Davis case.=20

Virginia Commonwealth University: Photographs of Black = and=20 White Schools, Prince Edward County, Virginia--1961-1963 =
These=20 images, by Dr. Edward H. Peeples, of the schools in Prince = Edward=20 County illustrate the differences between the resources that the = county=20 provided for its black students compared to its white students. = Also visit=20 the Virginia=20 Black History Archives for a variety of resources related to=20 African-American history in Virginia.=20

The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
This=20 website provides a general overview of the progression of the = Civil=20 Rights Movement in Virginia. Included are topics such as Jim Crow, = the=20 NAACP, the Brown decision, and much more.=20

National Park Service
Brown v. Board of Education = National=20 Historic Site is a unit of the National Park System. The = site is=20 located at Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas. Monroe was = the=20 segregated school attended by the lead plaintiff's daughter, Linda = Brown,=20 when Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was initially = filed in=20 1951. The park's web page provides in-depth information on the = case as=20 well as related cases, and visitation and research information.=20

The National Register of Historic Places' on-line travel = itinerary, We Shall = Overcome:=20 Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement provides = information on=20 many places (in states across the U.S.) listed in the National = Register=20 for their association with the modern civil rights movement, = including=20 Robert Russa Moton High School, John Philip Sousa Junior High = School, and=20 Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.=20

Racial= =20 Desegregation in Public Education in the U.S.
In 1998, = Congress=20 authorized the National Park Service to prepare a National = Historic=20 Landmarks Theme Study on the history of racial desegregation in = public=20 education. The purpose of the study is to identify historic places = that=20 best exemplify and illustrate the historical movement to provide = for a=20 racially nondiscriminatory education. This movement is defined and = shaped=20 by constitutional law that first authorized public school = segregation and=20 later authorized desegregation. Properties identified in this = theme study=20 are associated with events that both led to and followed these = judicial=20 decisions.=20

S= pecial=20 Resource Study of Little Rock High School
The National Park = Service=20 prepared this special resource study including a historical = overview that=20 describes the historical significance of the school and analysis=20 determining whether or not the school warrents inclusion in the = National=20 Park System.=20

Civilrights.org
Civilrights.org provides a = comprehensive history in its Civil=20 Rights 101 Reference Guide, which outlines the historical = events,=20 political acts, and policy decisions relating to the Civil Rights=20 Movement. Of particular interest is the section on School = Desegregation=20 and Equal Educational Opportunity.=20

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
The=20 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute is an educational = partnership=20 between Yale University and the New Haven Public Schools designed = to=20 strengthen teaching and learning in schools. The website features=20 curricular resources produced by teachers participating in = Institute=20 seminars, including "From=20 Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of = Education: The=20 Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation."

=93With an Even Hand=94: Brown v. Board at 50=20
This=20 Library of Congress online exhibition examines the court cases = that=20 laid the ground work for the Brown v. Board decision, = explores=20 the Supreme Court argument and the public's response to it, and = provides=20 an overview of the decision's aftermath.

Brown at 50: Fulfilling the Promise
This=20 website, sponsored by Howard University School of Law, = commemorates=20 the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education = (1954). The=20 site features a chronology of events leading up to the case and = beyond,=20 biographical sketches of some of the figures involved in the case, = as well=20 as the full text of the Supreme Court's decision.

Robert Russa Moton Museum
The Robert Russa = Moton=20 Museum is committed to the preservation and positive = interpretation of the=20 history of civil rights in education, specifically as it relates = to Prince=20 Edward County and the role its citizens played in America's = struggle to=20 move from a segregated to an integrated society. The=20 website includes a timeline of the school's history and links = to other=20 sites dealing with the Civil Rights Movement.

NAACP
The National Association for the = Advancement=20 of Colored People is the nation's oldest civil rights = organization. The NAACP=20 website offers a detailed timeline of the organization's = trials and=20 triumphs.

The Supreme Court Historical Society
The = Supreme=20 Court Historical Society, a private non-profit organization, is = dedicated=20 to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme = Court of=20 the United States. The Society accomplishes its mission by = conducting=20 educational programs, supporting historical research, publishing = books,=20 journals, and electronic materials, and by collecting antiques and = artifacts related to the Court's history. The society's=20 website offers extensive information on the history of the = Supreme=20 Court and its justices as well as details of how the Court = functions.

Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of=20 Education
This=20 online exhibit, produced by the Smithsonian's National Museum = of=20 American History, includes sections on the history of segregation = in=20 America, the fight to end segregation, and the legacy of the = Brown=20 ruling.

NPR: Brown v. Board of Education =
The=20 National Public Radio's website features a special section on = Brown=20 v. Board of Education. Students can listen to radio = interviews=20 with people involved in the case, including a man who attended a=20 segregated school in Topeka, Kansas, in the 1950s, as well as one = of the=20 individuals who helped lead the student strike in Farmville, = Virginia.=20

American Radio Works =96 Remembering Jim Crow =
Remembering=20 Jim Crow is an online documentary glimpse at the system = of Jim=20 Crow explored through text, pictures, audio clips and slide shows. = Sponsored by American Radio Works, the web site features personal = accounts=20 offering different perspectives on how the system of Jim Crow = affected=20 individuals throughout the country. The site also offers a = sampling of Jim=20 Crow laws, with a particular section addressing those specifically = related=20 to education.

 

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