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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

Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

Places and People of the Civil Rights Movement

Seal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and Civil Rights

Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

I Have a Dream: The Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Voices of Democracy: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Struggle

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

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.

Civil Rights leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963.

Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

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

Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History

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

BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), The Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57

Picturing America: Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

Media Resource

The Jazz Ambassadors
Media Resource

Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research