Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ450752
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0147-8648
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The Struggle for Equality.
Williams, Mary Louise
Update on Law-Related Education, v15 n3 p15-22 Fall 1991
Presents a lesson tracing the legal evolution toward greater justice in U.S. society from 1865-1965 through congressional acts and Supreme Court decisions. Includes student handouts of major civil rights cases, legislation, and background information. Provides a bar graph for evaluating Supreme Court decisions and congressional acts that advance or regress equality for African Americans in the United States. (DK)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Citizenship Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Desegregation Litigation, Equal Facilities, Equal Protection, Instructional Materials, Justice, Law Related Education, Primary Sources, Racial Integration, Secondary Education, Social Discrimination, United States History, Voting Rights
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourteenth Amendment
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