The project partners designed a series of three IDM inquiries focused around the The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship primary source collection from the Library of Congress. Aligned with the C3 Framework, these inquiries support the development and strengthening of students’ civic literacy and historical inquiry skills. We designed these inquiries for use by and with the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School, a six-week summer enrichment program in which approximately 45 upper elementary and middle school students from the Winston-Salem community come to campus and engage in a research-based multicultural curriculum that supports both children and their families. Rooted in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project, the Freedom Schools program “has historically and continues to be a part of the Black Community Crusade for Children®,” and the vast majority of Freedom School students are students of color (Freedom School, n.d.). The compelling questions for the inquiries are: (1) What does it mean to be a citizen?, (2) Can education be a form of resistance?, and (3) How have Black Americans used music as a form of solidarity and resistance?