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Download full textPerry, Douglas – 2000
During inclement weather in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1968, two separate incidents caused black sanitation workers to strike for job safety, better wages and benefits, and union recognition. Mayor Henry Loeb was unsympathetic and opposed to the union. Martin Luther King agreed to lend his support to the sanitation workers and spoke at a rally…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Leadership, Citizen Participation, Civil Rights
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. – 1991
This document is a teacher's guide to a series of mass transit advertisement posters illustrating Bill of Rights topics. The five posters in the series are discussed in five separate sections. Each section is divided into three units, each consisting of a learning activity, one for the secondary level, one for the middle school level, and one…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Rodriguez, Kenneth – 1995
Focusing on the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, the high school text and teacher's guide are intended to be the basis of study for the competitive component of the "We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution" civic education program. The 40 lessons in the text are divided into 6 study units…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Critical Thinking
