CRM+Today

Hopefully you have a solid grasp of the individuals, events, ideas, and legacy of the Civil Rights movement after our look at the era over the past week. Did the movement succeed? Has MLK’s dream of equality and having everyone judged by the “content of their character” been realized? What is the status of different minority groups in our population today? What are the pressing civil rights issues of today? Spend a few minutes tonight taking a look at some of the links below and make some observations on the current status of civil rights in America.


 * [|The Civil Rights Project from UCLA] -
 * [|What are the civil rights issues of today? – Annenberg Classroom]
 * [|Current Issues on Civil Rights from American University]
 * [|Graphs on current Civil Rights Issues]
 * [|Civil Rights from the White House]
 * === [|//Segregation Today// | Teaching Tolerance] ===

Some essential statistics from the US Census
 * [|Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010]
 * [|Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2010]
 * [|Educational Attainment]

Use the various resources online (and any of your own) to add statements, images, stats, quotes, and anything else to the bulletin board for you class period.  [|CRM Today 1] / [|CRM Today 2] / [|CRM Today 3] / [|CRM Today 4] / [|CRM Today 6]