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March: Book One (Common Text 2015-2016): History
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The following research topics are related to "March (Book One)" and may be of interest to History classes: 
- Famous Speeches
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Historical Leaders
- Marriage Equality
- Women's Right to Vote
- Sexual harassment Laws
- Discrimination in the Workplace
- Compare Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Jim Lawson
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- John Lewis's Fight for Voting RightsThe article discusses civil rights legislation and voting rights in the U.S. as of June 2013, with a focus on the life and work of civil rights activist John Lewis, who participated in the march to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 in a demonstration for equal civil rights, which came to be known as "Bloody Sunday" for the attack on protesters by Alabama state troopers. Topics include efforts to register black voters; Lewis's career as a congressman from Atlanta, Georgia; and Lewis's role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Also discussed are the views of U.S. Supreme Court Justices on voting discrimination and voter suppression regarding a challenge to the VRA in 2013.
- Making Selma HistoryThe article discusses the history behind the motion picture "Selma" directed by African American director Ava DuVernay and starring David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo, noting that the late U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has not been the main subject of a film until "Selma" which was released on December 25, 2014. King's legacy and the battle for African American voting rights in the U.S. are mentioned. DuVernay's work on the film "Middle of Nowhere" is assessed.
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