Desegregation
Learning About Our History
Friday, June 11, 2021
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ON THIS DATE
- 1184 BC - Troy is sacked and burned during the Trojan War.
- 1776 - The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
- 1837 - The Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston.
- 1919 - Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes and becomes the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
- 1963 - Alabama governor. George Wallace, confronts federal troops in an effort to block a court-ordered directive to allow black students to attend the University of Alabama.
- 1970 - Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington become the first female U.S. Army Generals.
- 2009 - The World Health Organization declares the swine flu a pandemic.
- 1572 - English poet and playwright Ben Jonson
- 1776 - English painter John Constable
- 1815 - British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
- 1864 - German composer Richard Strauss
- 1880 - Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress.
- 1910 - French biologist and inventor Jacques Cousteau
- 1913 - Football coach Vince Lombardi
- 1933 - Actor Gene Wilder
- 1969 - Actor Peter Dinklage
- 1986 - Actor Shia LaBeouf
- Grades K-8 - Scholastic - Ruby Bridges: A Simple Act of Courage Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources - DO
- Grades K-8 - Brainpop - Educator Resources for Ruby Bridges - DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Alexander Clark and the First Successful Desegregation Case in the United States - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-9 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Exploring Perspectives Desegregation Using "Brown Girl Dreaming" - Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Freedom Riders: Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston TV News - Boston Desegregation Controversy, 1974 - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - BostonTV News - Boston Desegregation Four Years Later, 1978 - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Urban-Suburban School Desegregation Program Seen as Model - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Marching Forward - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Desegregation of Huntsville -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Black in America - 1974 Boston and School Desegregation -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The African Americans - Ruby Bridges Desegregates a School - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detectives - Desegregating the Lunch Counter -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Activist Ruby Bridges on Racism in America Today - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges on Race in America -VIEW
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston Desegregation - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - Austin Revealed: Chicano Civil Rights - Desegregation - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS Video - Dynamics of Desegregation - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eyes on the Prize - Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) - VIEW (NHPBS Passport Members)
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- 8-9 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali: Molly and the Great One
- 8-11 am NH WORLD - The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song - Part Two
- 12-1 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Can We Cool The Planet?
- 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Rise of the Mammals
- 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD - Poetry In America - Fast Break - Edward Hirsch
- 2:30-4 pm NH WORLD - Raul Julia: American Masters
- 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Ursula K. Le Guin: American Masters
- 7:30-9 - NHPBS - Ken Burns: Baseball
- 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD - Rick Steves' Travel As A Political Act
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