wgbh_tdcr_065 065 tdcr wgbh yes Reconstruction and Black education African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. Minorities--Education Discrimination in education Segregation in education United States--Race relations Equality Attorneys general United States. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Southern Manifesto, 1956 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) American Experience (Television program) Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Motley, Constance Baker, 1921- Brownell, Herbert, 1904- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994 Before the Civil War, most southern states made it illegal to educate slaves, but many enslaved people did learn to read and write. During the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, the number of schools and the literacy rate for African Americans increased dramatically. This mini-documentary, produced for the American Experience: "Reconstruction" Web site, follows the development of schools for African Americans as well as the resistance it sparked. 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: 3-12. Lesson plans using this resource: Re-Examining Brown. 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. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Eisenhower (PBS) Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Videorecordings http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/osi04.soc.ush.civil.reconstruction/ text/html video/quicktime 9.2 Mb ca. 6m 32s Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. Forms part of: American Experience (PBS Television Series). A Quicktime player may be needed to view the streaming video. 1830/1900 Little Rock (Ark.) Pulaski County (Ark.) 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. 20130517 120919