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Standard 5-3.2

5-3.2 - Explain the practice of discrimination and the passage of discriminatory laws in the United States and their impact on the rights of African Americans, including the Jim Crow laws and the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Content Type
Modjeska Simkins on Economic Change | Road Trip

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Modjeska Simkins on Economic Change | Road Trip
Mrs. Modjeska Simkins tells of how the business boycotts began in Columbia and around the state. Mrs. Simkins was also at the forefront when the Southern Negro Youth Conference was formed. CREDIT...
Native American Community Store | Road Trip

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Native American Community Store | Road Trip
T.L. Scott, the former Chief of Santee Indian Organization talks about his family's community store. T.L. Scott speaks about being treated "almost normal" compared to the blacks in the area.
Dr. Gloria Blackwell | Road Trip

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Dr. Gloria Blackwell | Road Trip
Dr. Gloria (Rackley) Blackwell was active in the NAACP Youth Council at Claflin College. As an activist throughout her life, Dr. Blackwell was most noted for her lawsuit against the Orangeburg...
Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney | Road Trip

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Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney | Road Trip
Chief Justice Ernest A. Finney gained respect as an exceptional civil rights advocate defending more than 6,000 people arrested for participating in some type of civil protest. He was appointed to the...
Waymon Stover on Rosenwald Schools | Road Trip

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Waymon Stover on Rosenwald Schools | Road Trip
Waymon Stover describes the segregated Rosenwald school he attended during his elementary years. "A Rosenwald School was the name informally applied to over five thousand schools, shops, and teachers'...
Failing Students | Road Trip

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Failing Students | Road Trip
Desiree Platt talks about her experiences with segregation. Native Americans were allowed to attend school only up to eighth grade.
Harrison Goodwin | Road Trip

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Harrison Goodwin | Road Trip
Minister Harrison Goodwin, a former student at Schofield Middle School, talks about his experience during the civil rights movement.
Ferdinand Pearson | Road Trip

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Ferdinand Pearson | Road Trip
Ferdinand Pearson the son of South Carolina civil rights pioneer, Levi Pearson, talks about the court case that his father brought against the Clarendon County School Board. The court case asked for...
Clarendon Today | Road Trip

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Clarendon Today | Road Trip
Leola Parks, the executive assistant to the Superintendent for Clarendon County, and others talk about what should be done to improve the school system for everyone. I'm Building A Bridge, L. A...
Failing Students | Road Trip Walter Key Jr | Road Trip

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Walter Key Jr | Road Trip
Walter Key, Jr. talks about the contributions of principals and teachers to the civil rights movement.
Ferdinand Pearson on School Conditions | Road Trip

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Ferdinand Pearson on School Conditions | Road Trip
Ferdinand Pearson talks about the school conditions for black children in Clarendon County. Starting at the age of six, he had to walk to a school which was located over four miles away from his home.
March on Washington | Road Trip

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March on Washington | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, tells how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his inner circle worked at Penn to plan events like the March on Washington...
King at Penn Center | Road Trip

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King at Penn Center | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, talks about Dr. King's many visits to Penn Center and how the visits had to be kept quiet because of the threats on...
Billie Fleming on Farming | Road Trip

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Billie Fleming on Farming | Road Trip
Mr. Billie Fleming explains the hardship that farmers, teachers and anyone associated with the NAACP during the civil rights movement encountered in their communities from white citizens.
Black Social Workers | Road Trip

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Black Social Workers | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr., civil rights activist in Beaufort county, shares his story of helping to organize the Welfare Rights Organization (WRO) in Beaufort. McDomick relates how he and other community...
Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip

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Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr, civil rights activist and former Penn Center employee, talks about why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to visit the Penn Center on many occasions during the civil rights...
Flight Instructor 2

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Flight Instructor
Episode 2
Celebrate Freedom -Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary was an event that took place in 2004 in Camden, South Carolina. In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first African-American air fighting unit...