without going into too much; most scholars see Jackie Robinson as a key
figure in setting the stage for the dismantling of formal segregation in
the South. Robinson's story is one that 2nd graders can relate to in the
way that they might not relate to more intellectual figures, like
Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, or WEB DuBois

Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
     and Public Policy
Albany Law School
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Albany, New York   12208-3494

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I love this from the SOL cirriculum for second graders.  Who came up 
with 
this list of notables for them to learn and know?  Is this the best 
group they 
could think of out of the history of America?  Jackie  Robinson?
 
 
 
The student  will identify George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. 
Anthony, Helen  Keller, Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King, Jr. as
Americans 
whose  contributions improved the lives of other  Americans.



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