This eight-minute video illustrates the achievements of the civil rights movement, as well as the enduring challenges facing black Americans, by focusing on the small [More]

This eight-minute video illustrates the achievements of the civil rights movement, as well as the enduring challenges facing black Americans, by focusing on the small community of Gee’s Bend, Ala., a town that attracted the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s. The video helps students draw a line between the battles fought by King’s movement nearly five decades ago and the barriers to equality and opportunity that residents of Gee’s Bend face today. For lessons focused on the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the video serves as a bridge between the past and the present, and sets up a discussion about the unfinished agenda of King’s movement.

In the second half of the 20th century, racial tensions rose in the US as African Americans began to challenge unjust laws that supported discrimination [More]

In the second half of the 20th century, racial tensions rose in the US as African Americans began to challenge unjust laws that supported discrimination and segregation. This movement found its leader in the patient and inspiring minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students will watch a short video and engage in two primary source activities in order to explore how King’s deep-seated commitment to nonviolence contributed to the expansion of social justice in the United States, particularly for African Americans. View the Lesson Plan

Cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, with John Lewis and his fellow voting rights activists in this episode of Yellowhammer [More]

Meet the famed Tuskegee Airmen in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt and find out how they helped the Allies win World War II while [More]

Get a sailor’s view of World War II battleship the USS Alabama in this installment of Yellowhammer History Hunt. The video shows life aboard the [More]

Get a sailor’s view of World War II battleship the USS Alabama in this installment of Yellowhammer History Hunt. The video shows life aboard the USS Alabama and tells the story of school children that saved the ship from the scrapyard and created the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.

Explore Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark to learn how iron and steel are made in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Once one of the [More]