Library of Congress Teacher's Institute

(No registration fees)

When: Wednesday, August 25, 2004; 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. or Saturday, October 2, 2004; 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Audience: Each session has space for 25 educators from around the country. If both sessions fill up, additional sessions may be added in September.

Purpose: Provide educators with an opportunity to engage in discovery learning and to develop strategies to teach about the struggle to end racial segregation in the United States. The Institute will explore the beginnings of the fight for equal education, the Supreme Court argument and the public's response to it, and close with an overview of this profound decision's aftermath. In addition, we will give the teachers a chance to explore the online resources of the Library of Congress and how these resources can be applied in their classrooms.

Information: To sign up for the Brown v. Board Teacher's Institute, use the form below. For more information, contact Susan Mordan at smordan@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9203. Sign ups for the October 2 institute have reached capacity. If you register, you will be put on a waiting list.

Exhibition: The exhibition features more than one hundred items from the Library's extensive holdings on this subject, including books, documents, photographs, personal papers, manuscripts, maps, music, films, political cartoons, and prints. A film compilation captures the historic events and highlights media coverage of the struggle for desegregation.

School Tours: For an educational tour of the exhibition "With an Even Hand" Brown v. Board at Fifty contact Susan Mordan at smordan@loc.gov or call (202) 707-9203.