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The Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience: The Case behind King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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Kaplan, Howard – Social Education, 2013
Fifty years ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." In exploring the story of the events behind the essay, and the Supreme Court case that resulted, "Walker v. Birmingham", 399 U.S. 307 (1967), educators will find a pedagogically powerful lens through which to review the seminal…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Social Studies, Civil Rights, Racial Segregation
Incorporating the Ideals of Black History Month--In Our Daily Lives
Lum, Lydia – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
This document is an analysis of the authors' experience of her private tour of the Dexter Parsonage Museum, the former residence of Dr. Martin Luther King, in Montgomery, Alabama. The author then goes on to discuss civil rights and importance of the continued need for Black History Month.
Descriptors: African American History, Civil Rights, African Americans, Racial Bias
The Freedom Quilting Bee Cooperative of Alabama: An Art Education Institute.
Richardson, Jeri Pamela – 1969
Using an institution description taxonomy, this study surveyed the Freedom Quilting Bee Cooperative (FQB) of Alabama, comprised of Negro women who make and sell folk quilts. The history of the FQB and the area served was traced from slavery through the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and postwar years up to Martin Luther King's movement.…
Descriptors: Activities, Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Art Education