Fighting for Freedom and Equality - The Abolitionist Movement and Black Lives Matter | The Good Stuff: Time Capsule and Mercy Street

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Professional Development History-Social Science

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Fighting for Freedom and Equality - The Abolitionist Movement and Black Lives Matter | The Good Stuff: Time Capsule and Mercy Street

This activity utilizes primary source documents, video from The Good Stuff: Time Capsule and the PBS series Mercy Street to examine the Black Lives Matter Movement and the racial conflicts of today and trace their roots to the Abolitionist Movement of the nineteenth century. For more resources from Mercy Street, check out the collection page. For more resources from Mercy Street, check out the collection page.

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PBS Learning Media