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Educator Resources teaching guides Subject African Americans--Politics and government

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1. Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History

Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Collection:: Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

2. Rev. C. T. Vivian

Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

3. Excerpts from the March on Washington, part 3

Date of Original:: 1941/1964
Collection:: Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

4. Sheyann Webb

Date of Original:: 1860/1965
Collection:: Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation