About This Lesson
iCivics presents a series of short, animated videos that examine the actions and accomplishments of civil rights activists of the 1950’s and 60’s. Barbara Johns, Constance Baker Motley, and J.D. and Ethel Shelley, these figures probably haven’t made it to your textbook, and yet their contributions have helped shape our nation in insurmountable ways. iCivics brings these untold stories to a classroom near you.