International Women's Day

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March 8, 1911
Related Lesson Plans: 
Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage
Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Women's Suffrage: Why the West First?
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Women's History Month feature
Thinkfinity: This March travel the long and winding road to Women's Equality!

Lincoln's first inaugural address

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March 4, 1861
Related Lesson Plans: 
Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union
Lincoln Goes to War
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: We Must Not Be Enemies
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We The People
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Lincoln's First Inaugural

Abraham Lincoln nominated by Republican Party for President

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May 18, 1860
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Lesson 4: Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery
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We The People
Related Links: 
Teaching Abraham Lincoln
Teaching American History: Cooper Union Speech

Frederick Douglass delivers Decoration Day Address

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May 30, 1871
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Related Links: 
WSPWH: Frederick Douglass Address at the Monument of the Unknown Dead

Martin R. Delany African American abolitionist, doctor, and politician, born

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May 6, 1812
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Lesson 3: A Debate Against Slavery
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We The People
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Encyclopedia Virginia: Martin Delany

John T. Scopes is arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution

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Related Links: 
Tennesse Encyclopedia: Scopes Trial
American Experience: Monkey Trial

The Freedom Riders leave Washington, D.C., to challenge segregation laws

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May 4, 1961
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Related Lesson Plans: 
JFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement
The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement
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Freedom Riders

Martin Luther King publishes his Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Submitted by jphelan on April 15, 2013 - 5:46pm
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April 16, 1963
Related Lesson Plans: 
Lesson 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance
Related Initiatives: 
We The People
Related Links: 
Closer Reading Blog: How To Teach Martin Luther King's Letter
MLK Papers: Letter from a Birmingham Jail Annotated Version

Marian Anderson sings at Lincoln Memorial

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April 9, 1939
Related Links: 
American Experience: Marian Anderson
Penn Library: Marian Anderson A Life in Song
National Film Preservation: Marian Anderson

Dr. Martin Luther King delivers last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Submitted by jphelan on April 3, 2013 - 7:07am
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April 3, 1968
Related Lesson Plans: 
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence
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We The People
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American Radio Works: MLK "I've Been to the Mountain Top"
Encyclopedia Alabama: Martin Luther King

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