Desegregation - June 11

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Today is Cousteau Day, National German Chocolate Cake Day, Cotton Candy Day, and Corn on the Cob Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Desegregation

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. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 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

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Egg from 1776 - LISTEN
• Berliner Philharmonika - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Opening by Richard Strauss - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Blank on Blank - Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac  - VIEW

THEME: DESEGREGATION

• 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 - Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools (8:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-9 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Exploring Perspectives Desegregation Using "Brown Girl Dreaming" - Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Civil Rights Movement - Educational Equality (6:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Freedom Riders: Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation (4:03) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston TV News - Boston Desegregation Controversy, 1974 (5:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - BostonTV News - Boston Desegregation Four Years Later, 1978 (5:30) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Urban-Suburban School Desegregation Program Seen as Model (11:14) - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Marching Forward Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Desegregation of Huntsville (9:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Black in America - 1974 Boston and School Desegregation (2:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The African Americans - Ruby Bridges Desegregates a School (3:00) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detectives - Desegregating the Lunch Counter (6:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Activist Ruby Bridges on Racism in America Today (11:50) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges on Race in America (7:54) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston Desegregation (3:33) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - Austin Revealed: Chicano Civil Rights - Desegregation (5:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS Video - Dynamics of Desegregation 1962-63 Series - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eyes on the Prize - Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) (56:14) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339