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Civil Rights Oral History: Joseph McNeil

Civil Rights Oral History: Joseph McNeil

Grade Range: 9-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media
Duration: 5 minutes
Date Posted: 3/31/2014

In this series of interviews, member of the Greensboro Four Joseph McNeil talks about what motivated him to participate and shares a message for young people on being involved in their communities. 


National Standards

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties
 

Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)

Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation

3A: Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas.
 
3B: Consider multiple perspectives.
 
3C: Analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
 
3D: Draw comparisons across eras and regions in order to define enduring issues.
 
3E: Distinguish between unsupported expressions of opinion and informed hypotheses grounded in historical evidence.
 
3F: Compare competing historical narratives.
 
3G: Challenge arguments of historical inevitability.
 
3H: Hold interpretations of history as tentative.
 
3I: Evaluate major debates among historians.
 
3J: Hypothesize the influence of the past.
 

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Keywords

civil rights, civil rights movement, SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeAfrican American, African American History, Black History Month, African American History Month, African-American, volunteer, civic participation, activism, activist, civics, civic engagement, Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's, sit-in, protest, demonstration, McNeil, Joseph

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