- Collection:
- Teaching with Historic Places
- Title:
- From Canterbury to Little Rock : the struggle for educational equality for African Americans
- Date of Original:
- 2003/2018
- Subject:
- Historic buildings--Connecticut--Canterbury
Historic buildings--Arkansas--Little Rock
African Americans--Education--Connecticut--Canterbury
African Americans--Education--Arkansas--Little Rock
African Americans--Civil rights--Connecticut--Canterbury
African Americans--Civil rights--Arkansas--Little Rock
Abolitionists--United States
Social reformers--Arkansas--Little Rock
Social reformers--Connecticut--Canterbury
School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Arkansas--Little Rock
Civil rights workers--Arkansas--Little Rock
Civil rights workers--Connecticut--Canterbury
Civil rights movements--Arkansas--Little Rock
Civil rights movements--Connecticut--Canterbury - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
United States, Connecticut, Windham County, 41.83003, -71.98749
United States, Connecticut, Windham County, Canterbury, 41.69843, -71.97091 - Medium:
- instructional materials
photographs
maps (documents)
web sites
lesson plans
teaching guides
texts (document genres) - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Web site providing a lesson plan highlighting the historical significance of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Canterbury, Connecticut, in the struggle for equal educational opportunities for African Americans. The lesson plan provides historical context to the roles of the two communities, an introductory question, a map identifying the two towns, readings about education in Canterbury and Little Rock, photographs of the two schools central in the lesson plan, a list of activities, and a list of supplementary resources.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/from-canterbury-to-little-rock-the-struggle-for-educational-equality-for-african-americans-teaching-with-historic-places.htm
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. National Park Service
- Rights:
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