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A More Perfect Union

History and Civics Materials for the nation's 250th Anniversary

Landmarks of American History & Culture

Resources for place-based teaching and research

Closer Reading

Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz
Media Resource

Building A More Perfect Union Lesson Book
Lesson Plan

“Remember” by Joy Harjo
Teacher's Guide

A Literary Glossary for Literature and Language Arts
Teacher's Guide

Maya Angelou: A Phenomenal Woman
Teacher's Guide

The Works of Langston Hughes

Civil Rights in the U.S.

Resources on movements
for change in the U.S.
for K-12 humanities classrooms

B.B. King Live in Hamburg, Germany, November 1971.

The Music of African American History

Photo of Cesar Chavez with farm workers in California, ca. 1970.

"Sí, se puede!": Chávez, Huerta, and the UFW

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others look on.

Backstory: Give Us the Ballot from "LBJ and the Great Society"

Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964.

Voices of Democracy: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Struggle

“Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner,” by Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly (20 November 1869)

Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.

Let Freedom Ring: The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fakirs (oil on canvas) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1951). 

Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities Education

Bayard Rustin and Dr. Eugene Reed conduct are interviewed about the Vietnam War at Freedom House. Photo by Al Ravenna.

Civil Rights and the Cold War

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.)

Lesson 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance

President Lyndon Johnson addresses the nation before signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The Civil Rights Act of 1964

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

Media Resource

The Jazz Ambassadors
Media Resource

Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research