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| Title: | Excerpts from the March on Washington, part 3 |
| Date: | 1941-1964 |
| Description: | Instructional Web page recommended for grades six through twelve featuring SNCC's John Lewis's speech. John Lewis, heard here in this live recording from the 1963 March on Washington, was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who helped trigger a new activism among college students. Of all the March on Washington speeches, Lewis's was considered the most controversial for its criticism of the government. Includes a background essay, discussion questions, and alignments to teaching standards. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 6-12. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Instructional materials | Teaching guides | Resource units | Speeches | Sound recordings |
| Subjects: | Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- | Protest marches--Washington (D.C.) | Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.) | African Americans--Washington (D.C.) | African American civil rights workers | African Americans--Civil rights | African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. | African Americans--Violence against | Civil rights movements--United States | Equality | Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States | Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States | Nonviolence--United States | Social justice--United States | United States--Social conditions | United States--Race relations | Intimidation--Southern States | United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963 | African Americans--Politics and government | African Americans--Economic conditions | Poverty--United States | Government, Resistance to--United States | Washington (D.C.) |
| Collection: | Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection |
| Institution: | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Contributors: | Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection | WGBH Educational Foundation | Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- |
| Online Publisher: | [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation | 2002/2008 |
| Rights and Usage: | The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A Quicktime player may be needed for the audio interview. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/mow3/ |
