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Standards Index: Topic 8.10: The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

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Skill 5.B: Explain how a historical development or process relates to another historical development or process.

Theme 5: Power and Politics (PCE).

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Dr. Martin Luther King at Gee’s Bend

Students will learn the history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for voting rights in Gee’s Bend, Ala., a town whose status today shows both the achievements and unfinished work of King’s movement.