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Civil rights and racial segregation
This session for key stage 5 students looks at the response to racial segregation in the United States.
- Age range
- Key stage 5 (Ages 16–18)
- Date
- All year
- Location
- At The National Archives
About this image
Extract from the Illustrated London News, September 15th, 1956. (ZPER 34/208). © Mary Evans Picture Library
About this session
Time period
- Post-War and modern
Themes
- Black, Asian and global majority history
- Power, politics and reform
What to expect in this workshop at The National Archives
Exploring a range of Foreign Office files produced by the British Government during the presidencies of Eisenhower, JFK and Johnson, students will investigate the response of the ordinary Americans and the US government to segregation within the USA.
How did the response to segregation change over time and why were the British government monitoring the civil rights situation in the first place?
Contact us
If you need any help with your booking, please get in touch.
- Telephone
- 020 3908 9162
- educationbookings@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Connections to the curriculum
A-Level
- AQA: AS AND A-Level History, Unit 2Q: The American Dream: reality an illusion, 1945-198
- Edexcel: A- Level History, Paper 1, Option 1F, In search of the American Dream: The USA, 1917-96
- OCR: A-Level History, Unit Y319: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-199
Key details
- Location
- At The National Archives
- Date
- All year
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Age range
- Key stage 5 (Ages 16–18)
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