Chicago School History Readings and Lesson 1 by Chicago Grassroots Curriculum Taskforce

School Struggles Short.pdf — PDF document, 14753Kb School Struggles UPDATED 10_19_13 .pdf — PDF document, 23724Kb Unit4_Boyctt_LP1.docx — Zip archive, 30Kb

This is a history of Chicago public schools from a bottom-up perspective, with a particular focus on the 1963 Chicago School Boycott when more than 200,000 students stayed out of school to protest segregation and inequality.

Categories:
African American History: General
African American History: Civil Rights Movement
Anti-Oppression/Critical Consciousness: Race/Racism
Social Justice: Education

Grade Levels: high
Type of Material: lesson plan, article
Cost: no
Location Keywords: Chicago
Keywords: Education, Boycott, 1963, Schools, Segregation

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