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Historical Timeline
Supplemental Downloads for Classroom Use

Below are a series of supplemental timelines for each of the 10 decades covered in the Freedom's Song DVD. Use these in your classroom to provide historical context to the themes discussed in Freedom's Song.
Decade 1: 1900-1909
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 6: 1950-1959
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Decade 2: 1910-1919
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 7: 1960-1969
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 3: 1920-1929
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 8: 1970-1979
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 4: 1930-1939
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 9: 1980-1989
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 5: 1940-1949
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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Decade 10: 1990-1999
Click HERE (140k PDF)
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1910-1920: African Americans in WWI
For most African Americans, the United States' entry into World War I in the Spring of 1917 held the promise that patriotic service could improve their opportunities and treatment in postwar America. W. E. B. Du Bois, the nation's principal African American leader, called on fellow blacks to "close our ranks shoulder to shoulder with our white fellow citizens."


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