This hour and a half episode of Teaching Hard History, a podcast produced by Teaching Tolerance, features host Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries (Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University) in conversation with Dr. Charles L. Hughes (a historian, author, and the Director of the Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center at Rhodes College). The pair reflects on how music serves as a narrative...

The Kennedy Center's series Of Thee We Sing explores how music shaped the early years of the Civil Rights Movement. In this 15-minute clip, host Jean Cochran describes a trove of civil rights music just recently discovered on the "B-side" of records. Cochran gets insights from a distinguished panel of guests: Dr. Dwandalyn Reece (curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian National...

This resource is perfect for those looking to learn more about the connections between music and the Civil Rights Movement. The hour-long panel was organized by The Forum@MC, a project of UC Davis's Mondavi Center, in 2009. It features a conversation between Jeffrey Callison (Capital Public Radio, KXJZ, Sacramento), Dr. Milmon Harrison (Professor and Director of the African American and African...

High school history educators may enjoy this lesson plan from EDSITEment!, a humanities education hub that was featured in its entirety in the 07-15-2011 Scout Report. This lesson plan, which focuses on Music and the Civil Rights Movement, recognizes that "the popular music of the early 1960s offers a unique and engaging entry point into the politics surrounding equal rights in mid-twentieth...

The Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, a project of the Smithsonian Institute, curates exhibitions on soul music and social change. The museum "tells the story of musical pioneers who, for the love of music, overcame racial and socio-economic barriers to create the music that shook the entire world." At the link above, readers can enjoy a virtual tour of the museum led by Executive Director John Doyle....