Category Archives: Civil Rights Movement

Teaching History “Backwards” (History Lesson Plans, 1)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: Sometimes teaching ideas come from odd sources. In 2007, for example, I asked the principals of our elementary, junior high, and high schools to reflect in the columns of Atlanta’s Finest Prep School’s (AFPS’s) History Department newsletter on the … Continue reading →

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High School, Now–and Then: Reflections on a 50th Reunion

Posted on September 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

Unless your formal education terminated with twelfth grade, you probably feel warmer and fuzzier about your college or university than your high school.  I’m one of those fortunate enough to have spent time in “higher education,” but, after college and grad school, I … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Current Events, History, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Retirement, Teaching | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Civil Rights–And Wrongs: Personal Reflections on Dr. King and His Legacy

Posted on January 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

As my former American History students will tell you, I am a great admirer of the modern civil rights movement in the United States, and, especially, of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest Americans of … Continue reading →

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Book Notes: The “Great Migration”; Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln”

Posted on March 11, 2011 by georgelamplugh

Nicholas Lemann, The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America(1991) Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (2010)      A while ago, I posted a review of two works … Continue reading →

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Two Books I Wish I’d Read While I Was Still Teaching Civil Rights (Teaching Civil Rights, 1)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by georgelamplugh

A Review of: Peniel E. Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights:  From Black Power to Barack Obama.  New York:  Basic Books, 2010. Glenn Browder, with Artemesia Stanberry, Stealth Reconstruction:  An Untold Story of Racial Politics in Recent Southern History.  Montgomery, Ala.:  NewSouth … Continue reading →

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