- Collection:
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
- Title:
- Washington Booker, III
- Contributor to Resource:
- Washington, Booker, 1949-
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.) - Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
African American men--Alabama--Birmingham
African American children--Alabama--Birmingham
African American boys--Alabama--Birmingham
Students--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Segregation
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Violence against
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham
Discrimination in public accommodations--Alabama--Birmingham
Discrimination in restaurants--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
Arrest--Alabama--Birmingham
African American soldiers
Social justice--United States
Race relations
Equality
Children's Crusade, 1963
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
Black Panther Party
Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 - People:
- Booker, Washington, 1949-
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- instructional materials
teaching guides
resource units
oral histories (literary works)
transcripts - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- text/html
video/quicktime - Description:
- In May of 1963, black elementary, middle, and high school students in Birmingham left school to participate in a four-day civil rights demonstration. Washington Booker was among approximately 2,000 students who were arrested and jailed for their part in what came to be known as the Children's Crusade. In this interview, Booker describes his experience.
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.
A transcript of the Quicktime movie is available.
Lesson plans using this resource: Taking a Stand.
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://pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.booker/
- Rights Holder:
- 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.
- Extent:
- text/pdf
8.2 Mb
ca. 5m 55s - Contributing Institution:
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Rights:
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