Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: African Americans: Fighting Two Battles
Online personnel narratives by African American soldiers who participated in World War II.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism
This August of 2002 report discusses post-September 11 treatment of Arab and Muslim people residing in the U.S.
Digital History
Digital History: September 11, 2001
This site has a comprehensive overview of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., including information on Osama bin Laden's background, the formation of Al Qaeda, the attacks themselves, the US response, civil liberties and national...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Webisode 14: Let Freedom Ring
Series episode covers the civil rights movement and the struggle for equality in post-World War II America.
Digital History
Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s: The Kennedy Promise
Discusses Kennedy's rise to power and the challenges he faced from within the government, his focus on foreign policy, the conflict with Cuba, American involvement in Vietnam, support for racial equality and civil rights, and Kennedy's...
Other
Everett Dirksen Papers, 1932 69
Collection of papers and notebooks of Everett Dirksen, an conservative politician and proponent of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: Part 1 of the Civil Rights Era: Desegregation
Photos, cartoons and text sum up the post war period and efforts to fight segregation in the military by President Truman.
Digital History
Digital History: Espionage and Sedition Acts
Suspension of civil liberties by the government is always a radial act. Read about why President Wilson and the Congress thought this was necessary upon the U.S. entrance to World War I, and see who really suffered from the enforcement...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Chinese Civil War: Why Did the Communists Win? [Pdf]
Article looks at war and military by examining the Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists and Communists. Includes questions for discussion and writing and small group activity in which students use evidence to support the main...
The Guardian
Guardian: Colombia's Halting Progress on Human Rights
Guardian correspondent Kimberly Stanton discusses human rights abuses occurring in Colombia and the attempts of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to distance himself and his government from them. (June 5, 2011)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Post Civil War America
[Free Registration/Login Required] "A variety of materials demonstrates the rise and fall of civil rights for African Americans during the latter half of the nineteenth century, including constitutional amendments, sharecropper...
Digital History
Digital History: Race
Read about the racial unrest in the turbulent times right after World War I when African Americans were moving north and black veterans were demanding their civil rights. Find out about the violent race riot in Tulsa in 1921, and the...
Other
The Pittsburgh Courier: Double v Campaign
Detailed article describing the role of the Pittsburgh Courier in the double victory campaign for equality, both at home and abroad, by the African American community during World War II.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Birth of a Nation, the Naacp, and the Balancing of Rights
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: A History of Us: War on Poverty
Brief discussion of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the early 1960s. Among other things, he passed a Civil Rights Act and started programs such as Headstart, Job Corps, and Upward Bound to help poverty in America.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Rights of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay (Lesson Plan)
A instructional activity for investigating the clashing concerns of civil liberties and national security during wartime. Students will identify the legal issues involved with detaining terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: The Confederate Army in the Civil War
Find out about the difficulty the Confederacy had in forming an army because of "states' rights" issues and organizational problems. From "The Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War."
Other
Center for History and News: William T. Sherman: Most Reckless Civil War General
Are we right to remember General Sherman as the villain of the Civil War? Read another view of the famous march to the sea.
Brigham Young University
World War I Document Archive: The u.s. Sedition Act
Find the text of the U.S. Sedition Act, section three of the Espionage Act passed during World War I.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: English Civil War
An in-depth article regarding the English Civil Wars. The article discusses the events leading up to the war, the dispute between Charles II and Parliament, and details on the First, Second and Third Civil Wars.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Libya
This site examines what has been done to protect the rights of Libya's citizens following the country's revolution in 2011. Links to related articles, reports, and news releases are provided.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Bonn Agreement One Year Later
An article that relates the struggle of Afghanistan after the wars. Article outlines the continuing efforts of the Afghan Transitional Administration and the world at large to bring peace and healing to a war torn country. (4 December 2002)
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Sudan, Imperialism and Mahdi's Holy War [Pdf]
Article on the Sudan region history and the Mahdi's holy war against British imperialism and Egypt. Includes questions for writing and discussion, short research project outline relating this historical event with modern conflict, and...