Digital History
Digital History: Birmingham, Alabama: Bombingham
The city that best exemplifies white resistance to integration and the tension and conflict of the civil rights movement is Birmingham, Alabama. Learn about events of and reactions to the civil rights movement of the early 1960s in...
Digital History
Digital History: Kennedy Finally Acts
For a president, civil rights proved to be a controversial and sensitive issue. During his time in office, President Kennedy had a mixed record on civil rights. He called for stronger civil rights laws yet moved slowly for fear of...
Digital History
Digital History: The March on Washington
In August 1963, more than 200,000 people marched from the Washington Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights. Read about that day in this brief article.
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Core: Sit Ins
A brief description of the role of the sit-in as a non-violent way to protest segregation in the South.
University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo: Abiodun Oyewole
This site from the University at Buffalo provides you with the opportunity to link to sites and information regarding The Last Poets, primarily relating to one of its original members, Abiodun Oyewole. You will find links, information,...
University of California
The Regents of the University of California: Free Speech Movement
A digital archive that documents the Free Speech Movement led by Mario Savio during September-December 1964. Site includes bibliography, documents, online videos, and sound recordings.
CNN
Cnn: Covers the Civil Rights Movement
Timeline of the early and modern Civil Rights Movement. This is a good overview to begin your study of the fight for civil rights in America.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: United States of America Chronology: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956
Site provides a short explanation of the Boycott, naming principle players and events.
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Black Panther Party Photo Tour
This site contains a photo tour of the Black Panther Party and is part of a Bobby Seale web site devoted to the 60s protest movement and current African American struggles. A variety of audio and video clips are available.
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Watson.org: African American History: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
From a paper written for a school project, find detailed notes on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, how it started, who started it, who participated, and the outcome.
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Africana Online: Civil Rights Timeline
A concise Civil Rights timeline that begins with the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision and ends with the 1992 LA riots in response to the Rodney King trial.
Free Management Library
Employee Law: Civil Rights Act of 1964
This site contains the original text of the legislation, with related links.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Selma to Montgomery March
One of the most famous events in Civil Rights history.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is featured in this brief biography for her role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: African American Women and the Vote
Though the suffrage movement failed to exclude African-American women, and many obstacles came in the way of their voting (e.g., poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.), "African-American women were not strangers to community activism." Learn...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kid's Biography: Martin Luther King Jr.
Students learn about the great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.'s, biography on this website. This site contains audio sharing parts of his famous "I have a dream" speech.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Ella Baker
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Ella Baker for her role in the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: A New Civil Rights Movement
A very brief overview of the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, its successes and failures into the 1960s, and a prediction of despair in the 1970s.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Civil Rights and Discrimination
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides an overview of civil rights legislation, including an explanation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are links to other sites on the subject of civil rights in general.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Eugene "Bull" Connor
Brief biographical details on Eugene "Bull" Connor, Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, AL in 1961. He was an ultra-segregationist with close ties to the KKK known for enforcing racial segregation and denying civil rights to...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Civil Rights Movement
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the Civil Rights Movement and leaders of the 1950's and the 1960's.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Civil Rights Movement
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this lesson, students identify individual, personal, and political rights (freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to own property) by analyzing lives of historical African American...
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Lsu Presents Martin Luther King, Jr. And Black History
Louisiana State University offers a number of links to websites focused on the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Civil Rights Movement
This collection of teacher resources provides suggestions for lesson and unit plans to teach about the Civil Rights Movement. Includes a variety of resources for instruction on the civil rights movement and Black History Month.