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Docsteach: A Call to Action: Responses to Civil Rights Violations

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In this activity, students will be introduced to the civil right activities of Harry T. Moore, former schoolteacher and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) official in Florida in the 1940s, and analyze the public and federal reponse to his murder in 1951. This activity is appropriate for students in grades 7-12 and should take one class period to complete.

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historical research, primary sources

Additional Tags

civil rights activist, docsteach, african american vote, groveland case, harry t. moore, ku klux klan, naacp official, president harry truman, president truman, murder of harry t. moore, civil rights activists

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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