AMONG THE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ON THE CTA AND NEA
WEBSITES ARE VIDEOS OF THREE RETIRED CALIFORNIA TEACHERS WHO
WITNESSED THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON. ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
IN A 1966 MARCH TO INTEGRATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GRENADA,
MISSISSIPPI, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WALKS WITH 6-YEAR-OLD EVA
GRACE LEMON (LEFT) AND ARETHA WILLIS. BEHIND THEM ARE CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADERS ANDREW YOUNG AND HOSEA WILLIAMS.
February is Black History Month.
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