If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement
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If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement is a memoir and historical account by civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton that highlights the crucial role of grassroots citizenship education in empowering Black communities during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Target entity: If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement Context triple: [Dorothy Cotton, notableWork, If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement]
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From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
"From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement" is a seminal 1965 essay that argues the U.S. civil rights struggle must evolve from mass protest into organized political action to achieve lasting structural change.
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B.
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 is a historical study by Ibram X. Kendi that examines how Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s transformed American higher education and advanced the struggle for racial justice on campus.
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SNCC: The New Abolitionists
SNCC: The New Abolitionists is a historical work that chronicles the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s pivotal role in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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D.
Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
The Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation was a coordinated political campaign in the American South, particularly in Virginia, to obstruct and delay the integration of public schools following the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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E.
The Long Shadow of Little Rock
The Long Shadow of Little Rock is Daisy Bates’s memoir recounting her central role in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School and the broader civil rights struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement Target entity description: If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement is a memoir and historical account by civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton that highlights the crucial role of grassroots citizenship education in empowering Black communities during the Civil Rights Movement.
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A.
From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
"From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement" is a seminal 1965 essay that argues the U.S. civil rights struggle must evolve from mass protest into organized political action to achieve lasting structural change.
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B.
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 is a historical study by Ibram X. Kendi that examines how Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s transformed American higher education and advanced the struggle for racial justice on campus.
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C.
SNCC: The New Abolitionists
SNCC: The New Abolitionists is a historical work that chronicles the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s pivotal role in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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D.
Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
The Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation was a coordinated political campaign in the American South, particularly in Virginia, to obstruct and delay the integration of public schools following the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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E.
The Long Shadow of Little Rock
The Long Shadow of Little Rock is Daisy Bates’s memoir recounting her central role in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School and the broader civil rights struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical account ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| about |
Highlander Folk School’s citizenship education model
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ political participation of African Americans ⓘ voter registration drives ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
correct the historical neglect of the Citizenship Education Program
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highlight the importance of citizenship education in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ |
| author | Dorothy Cotton ⓘ |
| depicts |
grassroots civil rights activism
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nonviolent direct action training ⓘ |
| documents |
development of the Citizenship Education Program
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implementation of citizenship schools ⓘ training of local community leaders ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
citizenship education
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empowerment of African Americans ⓘ leadership development ⓘ voter education ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
United States Civil Rights era
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black communities in the United States
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Citizenship Education Program ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
grassroots organizing ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person account ⓘ |
| perspectiveOf | Dorothy Cotton ⓘ |
| portrays |
behind-the-scenes organizing in the Civil Rights Movement
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everyday people as agents of change ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
African-American history
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history of education in the United States ⓘ social movement organizing ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Southern United States ⓘ |
| theme |
dignity and self-worth
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education as a tool for liberation ⓘ grassroots leadership ⓘ nonviolent social change ⓘ |
| titlePhraseMeaning | metaphor for refusing to submit to oppression ⓘ |
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