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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Civil Rights: The Hillburn Petition

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  1. Load Telegram from Arthur Bary to Commissioner George Stoddard Regarding the Hillburn Decision in Main Image Viewer
  2. Load Telegram from Arthur Bary to Commissioner George Stoddard Regarding the Hillburn Decision in Main Image Viewer
  3. Load Map of Hillburn, New York Showing School Boundary Lines in Main Image Viewer
  4. Load Anonymous Letter to the Commissioner of Education Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  5. Load Anonymous Letter to the Commissioner of Education Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  6. Load Anonymous Letter to the Commissioner of Education Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  7. Load Second Letter from National Sociological League to the Education Commissioner regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  8. Load Letter from C.G. to the Education Commissioner Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  9. Load Letter from C.G. to the Education Commissioner Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  10. Load Letter from C.G. to the Education Commissioner Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  11. Load Letter from C.G. to the Education Commissioner Regarding the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  12. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  13. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  14. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  15. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  16. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  17. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  18. Load Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  19. Load Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education in Main Image Viewer
  20. Load Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education in Main Image Viewer
  21. Load Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education in Main Image Viewer
  22. Load Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education in Main Image Viewer
  23. Load Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education in Main Image Viewer
  24. Load Memorandum sent to the Commissioner of Education for the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  25. Load Memorandum sent to the Commissioner of Education for the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  26. Load Memorandum sent to the Commissioner of Education for the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  27. Load Memorandum sent to the Commissioner of Education for the Hillburn Case in Main Image Viewer
  28. Load Newspaper Article Describing the Outcome of the Hillburn Desegregation Case in Main Image Viewer
  29. Load Negro School in Hillburn Closed by Order of State Education Head in Main Image Viewer
  30. Load Negro School in Hillburn Closed by Order of State Education Head in Main Image Viewer
  31. Load Letter from Wilmer, October 2, 1943 in Main Image Viewer

Suggested Teaching Instructions

Setting the Stage: 

Overview of Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka (1954) https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/b7bc564e-7966-4d7c-b534-de1f089e7949/civil-rights-movement-educational-equality/#.WnCZuK6nFp8

Discuss segregation and inequality in education

Discuss the role of the individual in bringing about change

Extension Activity: Compare the desegregation case in Hillburn, New York to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) Supreme Court case.

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