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Civil Rights in Rome, Georgia

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  • School Integration
    • Rome City Schools Integration Timeline
    • Sibley Commission
    • Berry College Desegregation
  • Rome Council on Human Relations
  • 1963 Sit-Ins
  • 1971 Protests
  • Resources

Classroom Activities & Resources by Topic

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Jim Crow Laws

  • Activity-Jim Crow Laws

Southern Life in the 1950s and 1960s

  • Activity – Sibley Commission Jigsaw
  • Activity-Grievance Journal
  • Activity – Rome Response to John F. Kennedy Assassination
  • Activity – Desegregation of Rome City Schools
  • PowerPoint – Rome City School Desegregation

Direct Action & Civil Rights

      • Activity-Civil Rights Organizations
      • Activity- Civil Rights Tactics
      • Activity – The Rome Georgia Sit Ins
      • Activity – Motivations of the Sit-In Participants
      • Activity – Responses to the Civil Rights Act
      • Activity-Achieving Equality
      • Video-Recollecting the Civil Rights Era in Rome and at Berry

Civil Rights Timeline

  • Activity-Civil Rights Timeline

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In the News

  • Dr. Chana Kai Lee Speaks at Berry College
  • Civil Rights Project Mentioned in Rome Paper

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  • A Pageantry of Power: Planning Washington’s First Inauguration
  • Saturday Webinar: Ida B. Wells
  • American Independence Begins on Favorable Terms: Continental Congress Ratifies the Treaty of Paris
  • Documents in Detail: Alexander Stephens’ “Cornerstone” Speech
  • Classroom Activities & Resources by Topic
  • 5th Grade Resources
  • 8th Grade Resources
  • 11th Grade Resources

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