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ERIC Number: EJ307621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Reference Count: 0
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Eleanor Roosevelt Resigns from the DAR: A Study in Conscience.
Freeman, Elsie T.; And Others
Social Education, v48 n7 p536-41 Nov-Dec 1984
Because the Daughters of the American Revolution's (DAR) Black exclusion rule prevented Black singer Marion Anderson from performing in the DAR auditorium in 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the organization. Primary source materials regarding this incident and learning activities for secondary level students are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Dissent, Females, Learning Activities, Politics, Primary Sources, Racial Discrimination, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Conscience; Daughters of the American Revolution; Roosevelt (Eleanor)