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National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Fannie Lou Hamer
Young Learners can meet Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist in the 1960s and 1970s for voting rights, civil rights, and women’s rights (as portrayed by Sheila Arnold).
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Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
David McKean's "Watching Darkness Fall" recounts the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the road to war from the perspective of four American diplomats in Europe who witnessed it firsthand.
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The Shattering: America in the 1960s
Covering the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Kevin Boyle’s new book, The Shattering, focuses on the period’s fierce conflicts—the civil rights movement, rising Black nationalism, busing, and the Vietnam War.
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Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South
On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million people of color, including over 250,000 in the South, were free.
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer
This new biography offers a fresh and stirring reappraisal of Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and impact on the civil rights movement .
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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee Meeting
This virtual meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
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National Archives Comes Alive! Meet General George Washington
Young Learners can meet Gen. George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (as portrayed by Doug Thomas).
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Voting Rights, the Constitution & Representative Government (Grades 6-8)
Students will explore the progression of voting rights in the United States and its impact on representative government.
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No Conscription Without Representation: Voting Rights & the Constitution (Grades 9–12)
Students will explore the progression of voting rights in the United States with particular focus on the effort to lower the voting age to 18.
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The First Amendment: Five Rights in One! (Grades 3–5)
Students will explore the First Amendment freedoms from the Bill of Rights in this interactive and engaging civics program