Teaching Civil Rights from the 1700s through 2017 and Beyond

This workshop included primary source activities and guest speakers to put into context the struggle for equal rights from 1776 through today and looking onward. Teachers broaden their own content knowledge and develop primary source-based lesson plans that demonstrate the significance and relevance of historic civil rights milestones.  Speakers: Julie L. Hershenberg, J.D., M.A., M.P.T., Professor of Political Science, Collin College; Ernest McMillan, Civil Rights Activist; Stephen Fagin, Curator and Oral Historian, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza; and Zac Harmon, Executive Director, Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture.