Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

Hasan Kwame Jeffries is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt.

• Preface xiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction 3Hasan Kwame JeffriesPart One. Dispatches from the Frontline: Reflections on Teaching the Civil Rights MovementWho Is Fannie Lou Hamer? A Movement Veteran Reflects on Teaching Civil Rights History 13Charles E. Cobb Jr.“They won’t just be reading about history—they’ll be living it”: The Anderson Monarchs Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour 22Steve BanduraRosa Did More Than Sit and Martin Did More Than Dream: Pushing beyond the Master Narrative with High School Students 39Adam Sanchez“I had this black professor at UT”: Teaching Civil Rights and Black Power to White and Black College Students 47Leonard N. MoorePart Two. “Bigger than a hamburger”: Reframing the Civil Rights Movement Obstacles to Freedom: Life in Jim Crow America 59Stephen A. BerreyFreedom Rights: Reconsidering the Movement’s Goals and Objectives 73Hasan Kwame JeffriesThe Ballot and the Bullet: Rethinking the Violent/Nonviolent Dichotomy 83Christopher B. StrainPlace Matters: The Indispensable Story of Civil Rights Activism beyond Dixie 95Patrick D. JonesPart Three. “Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him”: Teaching Iconic Civil Rights People, Organizations, and EventsComplicating Martin Luther King Jr.: Teaching the Life and Legacy of the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure 113Charles McKinneyNot That Kind of Tired: Rosa Parks and Organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott 131Emilye CrosbyFreedom Is a Constant Struggle: Teaching the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project 144Nicole A. Burrowes and La TaSha B. LevyTeaching Malcolm X beyond the Mythology—By Any Means Necessary 159Clarence LangThe Long Hot Summers of the 1960s: Teaching the Racial Disturbances of the Civil Rights Era 175Shawn Leigh Alexander, John Rury, and Clarence LangPower to the People! A Curriculum for Teaching the Black Panther Party and the Transition from Civil Rights to Black Power 185Jakobi WilliamsPart Four. “The essence of scholarship is truth”: Sources for Teaching the Civil Rights MovementEverybody Say Freedom: Using Oral History to Construct and Teach New Civil Rights Narratives 197J. Todd MoyeFreedom Songs: Building a Civil Rights Playlist 209Charles L. HughesTwo Thumbs Up: Movies and Documentaries to Use (and Avoid) When Teaching Civil Rights 224Hasan Kwame JeffriesA Rich Record: Using Primary Sources to Explore the Civil Rights Movement 241John B. GartrellThe Revolution Was Not Televised but It Is Available Online: Using the SNCC Digital Gateway to Tell Civil Rights History from the Bottom Up 247Karlyn FornerPart Five. “Strong people don’t need strong leaders”: Methods for Teaching the Civil Rights MovementStay Woke: Teaching the Civil Rights Movement through Literature 261Julie Buckner Armstrong“Nonviolence is impossible”: Role-Playing in the Classroom 276Wesley HoganCalifornia Democracy Schools: A Model for Teaching Civil Rights to Students of All Ages 291Michelle M. HerczogWalking in Their Shoes: Using #BlackLivesMatter to Teach the Civil Rights Movement 300Shannon KingContributors 313Index 319