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Civil Rights
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2002
In 1964, Blacks in America lived without the right to vote. They didn't even have the right to help make decisions in their own communities. This was happening all around the country, but no African-American had it worse than in Mississippi. The white citizens of Mississippi were especially strategic in keeping African-Americans from registering to vote. This crisis in Civil rights brought forth many diverse supporters from around the country. This is how Freedom Summer of 1964 began.
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Finalist
2001
Did you know that in the 1950's Blacks weren't allowed to eat in the same restaurants as Whites, weren't allowed to drink out of the same drinking fountains as Whites, and often weren't allowed to vote? Although slaves were freed at the end of the Civil War, they didn't get treated the same as Whites. Visit Free at Last: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States to learn about how Blacks fought to be treated as equals. Come to our website, it's a lot of fun, to learn about Civil Rights, and how equality was won.
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Finalist
2001
Our website is about Negro League Baseball. It covers the history, players, teams, problems the teams had, the Negro Hall of Famers and the Negro League Baseball Museum. Our website also has a quiz covering facts from our website.
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2001
The Civil Rights Movement is an interactive Web site that explores the people, places, and events of the powerful period in America's history. The struggle for racial equality by African Americans was not an easy one, and many brave people lost their lives to the cause. At the site, visitors can learn about the Civil Rights Movement, interact with the sites features, and leave their own reflections as to what happened during that time period. It is our hope that visitors will be able to walk away from the site with a better understanding of the Movement. For in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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2002
"Bloody Sunday Remembered" is a web site that tells the story about an amazing eight year old little girl from Selma, Alabama named Sheyann Webb. Her story happened almost forty years ago. She is known as the Smallest Freedom Fighter.
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2002
The purpose of this site is to inform people about the struggles and hard times of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 50's and 60's.
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2002
Our website will educate young people about the Civil Rights Movement.
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2001
This website is about the Underground Railroad and the way the escaping slaves knew where to go. The slaves used quilt patterns that gave secret messages on places that were safe for them.
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2000
Our story is about three girls who are slaves on a plantation. They do not like their master. This story is based on the fact that slaves were chained up and shipped to America from Africa. The girls do a lot of sneaking around. In this story the girls are separated and sometimes they are all together. When our group wrote this story we based it on the fact that slaves were branded and brought to America under horrible conditions. We enjoyed writing this story because we were able to picture it in our heads. As we wrote this story we were taken through many adventures.
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2000
This is a site to help the general public with their knowledge of the civil rights movement.
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2000
Our entry is based on the Civil War and is an historical fiction story written in a "choose your own adventure" format. It is about two runaway slaves trying to find freedom. They are captured during a battle, then escape from a prison camp. That is when the real journey begins through the endless forest. The reader of this story will choose the fate of these two runaways.
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1999
Enter this site to learn information on the fight for civil rights.
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1998
This site was designed to give information about key figures in the civil rights movement (Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson etc.) We hoped it would spark interest in these figures and place them in a historical timeline (we included one on the site) There is a test of information included that can be answered by surfing the site. The topic is a large one so tried to sample each of the major time periods.
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1997
What do Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglas, and Billie Holiday all have in common? They're famous African Americans who lived in Maryland. Here you can find biographies of these three and many more, also a timel ine highlights important events in Maryland's African-American history from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century. Or take a virtual visit to some famous historical sites in Maryland. Online quizzes test your knowledge of the information presented.
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1997
This excellent site lists all of the black Americans on stamps, both alphabetically and by subject areas, and includes a biography of each person. It also gives a history of the postage stamp, offers advice on stamp collecting, and includes a fantastic games and activities area for classrooms. A tour of black history, from 300 to the present, is also included.
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1996
Includes a list of famous African Americans from the state of Maryland and their biographies. Contains a timeline of Maryland history and resource section for teachers.
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1996
History with photos and maps of a series of local racial incidents, and their larger significance and consequenses.
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