Civil Rights Resources
Jim Crow Laws
1876-1965 (2 people for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview of the Jim Crow Laws
Resource 2: Media (images) and text
Resource 3: Personal narratives/Interviews |
Emmett Till Murder
August 1955 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Timeline and Overview.
The impact of Emmett Till’s murder: Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos |
Montgomery, Aabamam
Bus Boycott December 1955-1956 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth: Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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Little Rock, Arkansas “Little Rock 9”
1957 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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Sit-ins
“Greensboro 4” February 1960 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth: Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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First African-American enter all White College (University of Mississippi)
October 1962 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos |
Freedom Riders
May 1961 (2 people for a presentation) |
Resource 1:
Overview: More in-depth:
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth:
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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24th Amendment
January 1964 (1 person for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos) Resource 3: Interviews |
Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth: Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos |
Resource 1: Overview.
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos |
Selma
1965 (2 people for a presentation) |
Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth:
Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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Resource 1: Overview.
More in-depth: Resource 2: Media (Images and Videos)
Resource 3: Interviews/Videos
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Additional Resources:
Civil Rights Movement Images:
Civil Rights Movement Interviews
Civil Rights Movement Images:
- http://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/photos
- http://www.crmvet.org/images/imghome.htm
- http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/084_civil.html
Civil Rights Movement Interviews
- Rosa Parks: http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhome.htm
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/civil_rights.html (a collection of interviews)
- http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history/1900/civil-rights (Video interviews)