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Friday, April 15, 2011

Friday, April 15th

Advanced American History

Today we begin a short unit on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and 60's.  To build the context for this era of change, today we discussed the history of race relations in America from the Civil War through World War II.  The failure of Reconstruction paved the way for nearly a century of segregation, and little progress was made in undoing these wrongs until the late 1940's.

Assignment:  Read pages 580-88 in textbook.

Jim Crow segregation photo courtesy kenyon.edu


American Studies

At the culmination of the film 13 Days, examine the telegrams sent between Secretary Khrushchev and President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Answer the associated questions for Monday.

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