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A state-funded collaboration between the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware Library providing online magazines, journals, encyclopedias and training for all Delaware K-12 public schools
Excerpt from The Civil Rights Movement
“The civil rights movement was a struggle for equality and social justice, led primarily by African Americans, and carried out by a growing number of advocates especially through the 1950s and 1960s. Integration, voting rights, and equal opportunities were the primary focuses of the struggle. The movement was primarily rooted in peaceful and nonviolent protests, spanning two decades, during which institutional discrimination against African Americans was gradually reduced.”
Additional Readings:
Great strides towards equality were attained through the Civil Rights Movements; however, the legacy of slavery has impacted this country for decades, and, in many instances, ramifications are still felt in the United States today. In the content below, we will explore how education and employment, the legal and justice systems, the healthcare system, and the housing system in the United States have been impacted by the residual effects of slavery and racism over the years.
We will start by exploring the Great Migration, which provides foundational or background information about how racism has impacted several institutions in the U.S. The Great Migration occured between 1910 and 1970 when many African Americans moved from homes in rural areas of the South to destinations across the country.
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Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record
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The U.S. Student Population is More Diverse, but Schools are Still Highly Segregated
SIRS Issues Researcher
SIRS Issues Researcher is a great resource to use when studying issues that impact society. For instance, the search below could help you examine the socioeconomic struggle Black people endured, and continue to endure, in working to achieve fair treatment in the United States; as well as efforts to receive equal treatment.
Keyword Searching Using the Connectors “and” & “or:”
Use “and” to require that specified keywords be included in the search results. Use “or” to identify interchangeable terms. Always put your terms joined by “or” in parentheses.
Example:
racism and United States and (Black or African American)
Finding Current Events Articles:
Some databases are particularly useful when searching for current articles about race relations in America. This can be done by conducting your search on the advanced search screen, limiting the results to articles published after a certain date, and looking at the category for Magazines or the category for News articles in your search results.
Suggested Databases for Current Events Articles:
Example 1: General One File
Searching for magazine articles about redlining in housing
Example 2: OneFile High School Edition
Using the advanced search screen to search for articles published after 2019 concerning racism faced by African Americans in the United States
1. What was the Great Migration? What caused the Great Migration?
2. In what ways did many of the provisions and benefits outlined in the New Deal fail to benefit Black people in the U.S.?
3. What was the purpose of the civil rights movement?
4. How did the views of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differ?
5. Was the civil rights movement successful? Why or why not?
6. What is one example of how the legacy of slavery still impacts society in the U.S. today?