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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Civil Rights: The Hillburn Petition

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