Smithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Arthur Ashe's Tennis Racquet"

Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:48:15 GMT

This online exhibition highlights artifacts from the Smithsonian's sports collection, and will introduce students to the pioneering men and women who dominated their sports; championed their country, race, or sex; and helped others to achieve. Both on and off the playing field, these undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all. Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers portrays athletes from more than a dozen sports.

Brown v. Board of Education: Segregated America

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:24:56 GMT

In this online exhibition, students will learn how racism, social attitudes and policies such as Jim Crow laws and poll taxes led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case which legalized segregation. Segregated America is the first section of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.

Brown v. Board of Education: Segregated America Lesson

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:52:05 GMT

In this classroom activity, students will identify and discuss the condition and aspirations of free African Americans in the years following the Civil War, identify the social factors that led to the rise of Jim Crow segregation and evaluate the effects of segregation. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.