Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDuration: 22 MinutesDate Posted: 1/25/2010
In this series of five short videos, students can watch a museum theater presentation. During the presentation, a fictional composite character from 1960 is conducting a training session for people interested in joining a student sit-in to protest racial segregation. The student speaks about the recent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, and coaches members of the audience in the philosophy and tactics of non-violent direct action.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
On February 1, 1960, four African American college students--Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Kha...
racism, February, democracy, African American History Month, civil rights, African American history, desegregation, African-American, protest, black history month, citizenship, legal, history, separate but equal, segregation, Black, law, African-American History Month, Black History, African American
Connie, a fictional young girl, witnesses the student sit-ins at the lunchcounter in Greensboror,...
Read More