Institute Objectives
Specific Learning Outcomes
By the end of the “Stony the Road…” Institute teachers will have a better understanding of how the events that transpired in Alabama during the modern Civil Rights Movement changed the social, political, judicial, cultural, and economic institutions that shaped life in Alabama, and other areas of the nation, from birth to the grave. Topics to explore include:
- Alabama in context of the national movement for civil rights
- The significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in shedding light on the treatment of minorities in all phases of life
- Well-known “Generals” of the Movement and the role of everyday “Foot Soldiers” in securing rights
- The struggle for civil and human rights via the judicial system
- The role of the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII and how their role paved the way for greater opportunities for minorities in other spheres
- The Freedom Rides and their significance in a broad interpretation of Article I of the U.S. Constitution
- The 1963 Children’s March in Birmingham and how children broke the back of segregation
- Alabama’s impact on the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- The 1965 Selma to Montgomery March and the passage of the Voting Rights Act and the transformation of life in the Deep South
- Achieving economic empowerment and social access
- The power of the media in shaping public opinion
- Exploring instructional strategies that transform teaching and learning