Teaching the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1977-Present

John A. Moore is Professor Emeritus in the School of Teacher Education at Western Kentucky University (WKU). He has served as Chair of the WKU Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education. Dr. Moore is a former president of the National Council for the Social Studies (2012-2013). His research interests are Pre-service Social Studies Teachers’ Expectations of Student Teaching and Internship, The Teaching Profession and Civic Engagement in the Classroom, Multicultural Curriculum Development, Middle Level Education, and Pre-service Teacher Reflection on Teaching. Before coming to WKU, Dr. Moore taught high school social studies in North Dakota for two years and middle level social studies in Lexington, Kentucky, for eight years. He earned his doctorate in Curriculum, Instruction, and Administration from the University of Kentucky. Adam I. Attwood is Assistant Professor in the Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. He earned his Ph.D. in Education with specialization in Cultural Studies and Social Thought from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. In 2010, he was awarded the Praxis Recognition of Excellence in Social Studies Content Knowledge from Educational Testing Service. Matthew R. Campbell earned his Ed.D. in Social Eucation from the University of Houston. He serves as a district curriculum coach in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and teaches social studies methods courses at the University of Houston – Downtown. Previously, Matt was awarded the Outstanding Early-Career Teaching award from Humanities Texas.

• Paula Groves Price: Foreword – Caroline R. Pryor: Preface to the Book Series: Teaching Critical Themes in American History – Acknowledgments – John A. Moore/Adam I. Attwood/Matthew R. Campbell: Introduction – John H. Bickford: An Historical Inquiry into the Origins of Dr. Martin Luther King Day – Gregory Simmons/LaGarrett J. King/Molly Pozel: The Case for Reparations: Breathing New Life into an Old Idea – Amelia Wheeler/Chantelle Grace: Toward a New Frame: Teaching Reparations as a Civil Rights Struggle – Alana D. Murray: Visibility Narrative Approach to Civil Rights Instruction: One Educator’s Story – Jenice L. View and Andrea Guiden Pittman: Black Economic Self- Determination in the Struggle for Civil Rights: Teaching Black History in Age of High- Stakes Standardized Testing – Chrystal S. Johnson and Cornelius Bynum: An Inquiry Model for Teaching the Black Lives Matter Movement Using the Culturally Relevant Community of Learners and Educators (CRCLE) Approach – Mark Pearcy: "We Don’t Share the Same Values": Teaching About Commissions on Police Misconduct – John H. Bickford/Autumn Frykholm Damann: Matthew Shepard and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1998 and Today – Zakia Y. Gates: Social Justice in the Eye of the Storm: Strategies for In- Service Teachers to Address Social Issues Affecting Students in 6– 12 Classrooms – John H. Bickford/Dalani Little: The Civil Rights Movement’s Oft- Forgotten Element: Civil Liberties of Citizens with Disabilities – Michael McDonald/John A. Moore: The Economics of Illegal Immigration: Can We Afford to Shut Our Southern Door? – Nancy Nasr: A Call to Action: Pedagogical Strategies to Address the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the Secondary Science Classroom – Elizabeth Taveras Rivera/Raquel M. Ortíz Rodríguez: AmeRícan Storytelling: Puerto Rican Civil Rights Artist and Activist Jesús Abraham "Tato" Laviera – Adam I. Attwood: Teaching Civil Rights Law in Middle School and High School Civics Curriculum – Caroline R. Pryor/Whitney Blankenship/Charlotte Johnson/James Mitchell/Amy Wilkinson: Resources – Matthew R. Campbell: Exploring Methods for Teaching Modern Civil Rights – Contributors – Index.