How was Gee's Bend, Alabama, important to Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement? by chaselibrary

Map of Gee's Bend

hudsont — 2014-01-11 23:07:42 UTC

Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937

hudsont — 2014-01-11 23:08:41 UTC

Jennie and Jorena Pettway with a little girl

hudsont — 2014-01-11 23:10:10 UTC

Standards

hudsont — 2014-01-11 23:12:38 UTC

SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.
ELAGSE3SL2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Atlanta, Georgia, 1968

hudsont — 2014-01-11 23:21:38 UTC

Mules, a wagon, and denim represent the Poor People's Campaign

Video

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