Road trip! through SC Civil Rights history (1940s - 1970s)
More About This Collection
Contributor to Resource
KnowItAll.Org, MyETV.Org
Date of Original
1940/1979
Subject
Civil rights--South Carolina
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
Civil rights movements--South Carolina
Civil rights workers--South Carolina
African American civil rights workers--South Carolina
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--South Carolina
Segregation in education--South Carolina
School integration--South Carolina
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Passive resistance--South Carolina
Nonviolence--South Carolina
People
Briggs, Harry, -1986--Trials, litigation, etc.
Location
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
Medium
instructional materials
web sites
texts (document genres)
photographs
black-and-white photographs
interviews
learning modules
lesson plans
timelines (chronologies)
Type
MovingImage
StillImage
Text
Description
Interactive Web site designed to help teachers and students learn about the people, events and importance of the civil rights movement in South Carolina from the 1940s to the early 1970s. The site uses real life technology gadgets such cell phones, camcorders, laptops and GPS mapping systems in a virtual world to make the learning of history a fun and enjoyable experience. The site includes virtual tours of historic locations, ability to download pictures and video clips, using downloaded items to create a civil rights report for class, lesson plans created to South Carolina standards, a searchable database, a timeline of all civil rights events, a photo gallery, email and contact information for site consultants, information to archival institutions, and a reading list of suggested 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.
Rights Holder
Copyright 2007-2009 ETV Commission
Contributing Institution
South Carolina. Educational Television Commission
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