Highways Into the Past: History, Organizing & Power. a Project HIP-HOP Resource for High School Students
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,DOCUMENT RESUME ED 445 155 UD 033 753 AUTHOR Murray, Nancy; Armandt, Kristen; Dixit, Ravi; Fitzpatrick, Michael; Garrido, Marco; Leslie, Eric; Marcelino, Sandra; McQueen, Cyrus Malik, III; Prince, Marisa; Rego, Luis; White-Hammond, Mariama; Wong, Helen TITLE Highways into the Past: History, Organizing & Power. A Project HIP-HOP Resource for High School Students. INSTITUTION American Civil Liberties Union of Massachsetts, Boston. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 89p. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Learner (051) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Black History; Blacks; *Civil Rights; Curriculum; Democracy; High Schools; *Justice; *Racial Discrimination; *United States History ABSTRACT This curriculum, developed by a project titled "Highways into the Past, History, Organizing, and Power" (HIP-HOP), discusses the meaning of "race" in the United States and outlines the history of the civil rights movement. This resource begins with a unit that traces the concept of race as a social invention that reflects a social reality. The second and third units describe what life was like for African Americans after the period of Reconstruction and why a movement for civil and human rights was necessary. The fourth unit concentrates on the often-unnamed youth heroes who organized to resist injustice and inequality through their civil rights work. The fifth unit focuses on the way the civil rights movement has broadened into a fight for economic justice. This unit conveys a sense of what remains to be done in the fight for equality. (Contains 27 references.) 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