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Standard 3-5.5

3-5.5 Summarize the development of economic, political, and social opportunities of African Americans in South Carolina, including the end of Jim Crow laws; the desegregation of schools (Briggs v. Elliott) and other public facilities; and efforts of Af...

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.

Ruth and the Green Book

Lesson

Grades: 3, 5

This lesson introduces students to the difficulties faced by African Americans during the middle twentieth century. Using the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, students learn...

Traveling Southern Style: A lesson on the Jim Crow Laws

Lesson

Grades: 5

The Negro Travelers’ Green Book began publication in 1936. The book offered “Assured Protection for the Negro Traveler”. The publisher-owner Victor Green began the idea from personal experiences while...

Bloody Sunday | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...

Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) was the major civil rights organization in South Carolina. Several other organizations such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating...

Leading the Struggle | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

There were several key leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Despite visible leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, young people played a major role in...

Minority Business | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

In 1974, Henry J. Clark received his Residential Building and Remodeling State License for South Carolina, one of the first for Native Americans in this state. He built and sold many houses and...

S.C. Governor Robert McNair | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Governors Robert McNair, Dick Riley, and James Beasley talk about Gov. McNair's role in integration. CREDIT: The Big Picture, ETV, 2007

Penn Center History | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, talks about the history of the Penn Center. A history that began with the Port Royal Experiment in 1862 and the...

Jenkins Orphanage Band | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lonnie Hamilton and Joey Morant recall their experiences in the Jenkins Orphanage Band. Today, the Jenkins Orphanage Band no longer has a band to support foster kids at the orphanage, but the...

Waverly Community Tour | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Community volunteer gives a brief history about the Jenkins' home in the historic Waverly Community. Dr. Douglas Jenkins was the local dentist.

Integration of Clemson | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

University of South Carolina scholar, John Sproat, gives a lecture about desegregation in South Carolina. In this clip Sproat discusses the integration of Clemson by Harvey Gantt. CREDIT...

Youth Participation | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Dr. Charles Thomas was a professor of philosophy at South Carolina State College and a local NAACP official. On at least one occasion, Dr. Thomas mortgaged his home to bail student activists out of...

Tuskegee Airmen Ernest Henderson | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first African-American air fighting unit, began training in Tuskegee, Alabama. The pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen included Ernest Henderson of Laurens...

Mt. Pisgah AME Church | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. church in Greenwood, built in 1908, is a unique treasure for the Greenwood community. CREDIT: Palmetto Places: Greenwood, South Carolina ETV, 2004

7 Days in Jail | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Waymon Stover talks about his experience marching in Orangeburg in 1963 to desegregate lunch counters and being arrested.

Waverly Tour, John McCray | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

University of South Carolina student, Tom Benning, gives a brief history of the life of John H. McCray. McCray was a pivotal figure in the Waverly Community, Columbia and in the surrounding areas.

Sumter NAACP | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Ida McCain's husband was Sumter educator James T. McCain. In 1921, sixteen year old McCain began his involvement in civil rights by registering voters in Sumter county. He was the founding president...

Charles Rodgers | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Disabled veteran, Charles Edward Rodgers, attended Varner Indian School, Berkeley Elementary, and Berkeley High School. He is proud of his Native American Heritage as a Varner Town Indian and speaks...

Henry J. Clark | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Henry J. Clark attended the Pineview Indian School in the late 1930s and the Varner Indian School in the early 1940s.

Equality in Restaurants | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Joseph McDomick, Jr., civil rights activist in Beaufort county, relates one experience when he tried to get service at a segregated white restaurant.

Desegregation in Greenville Schools, Part 2 | Road Trip

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Listen to both black and white students as they talk in a round table discussion about desegregation. Each talks about how the transition has affected them and their classes.

NAACP Today | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Lee Allyson Gailliard discusses the significance of the youth involvement in the NACCP. She elaborates on the remarkable advantage of participating in The Civil Rights Tour at The University of South...

Atlantic Beach | Road Trip

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Atlantic Beach, nicknamed "The Black Pearl," was established about 1934 as an oceanfront community for blacks denied access by other area beaches by segregation. Many became year-round residents, but...