Forty mini-documentaries recount the most significant advances
in the ongoing effort to gain full rights for economically and
politically disadvantaged groups. Ordered chronologically, the
approximately five-minute segments cover topics such as the
Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, Horace Mann and
universal education, the Homestead Act, property rights for
women, Susan B. Anthony, Samuel Gompers and the AFL, women’s
suffrage, Brown v. Board of Education, Medicare, OSHA, the EEOC,
Title IX, Roe v. Wade, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. Each disc includes a
printable teacher’s guide, quizzes, and historical and legal
documents. Grades 7 and up. Closed captioned. Color. 224
minutes. Ambrose. ©2011. For more information, view our History
of Equal Rights page