Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Linda Brown 1943
Read a brief summary of the life story of Linda Brown whose civil rights experiences were the basis for the famous historical case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Dr. King's Dream
There are 4 "Guiding Questions" which reveal the content of the lesson plan provided in "Dr. King's Dream:" "What do we mean by the term 'civil rights'?" "Who was Martin Luther King, Jr., and how did he fight for civil rights?" "What can...
Digital History
Digital History: Freedom Now
When four African American North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College students refused to leave the lunch-counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro they started the first non-violent, "sit-in" movement. Although the...
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Digital History
Digital History: The Supreme Court Orders Desegregation [Pdf]
This site is from a unit called 'African-Americans in the Land of Equality.' It looks at the 1954 decision by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended school segregation.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Integrating Central High Melba Pattillo Story
This is the story of Melba Pattillo, one of the nine African American students who were the first to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her story is very informative, and the site ends with a reflection question of how...
Stanford University
Mlk and the Global Freedom Struggle: Albany Movement
Encyclopedia entry examines the Albany Movement, a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Ga. in 1961 with the purpose of ending all forms of racial segregation in the city.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Re Examining Brown
A teacher lesson that explores the struggles to end segregation in schools. Students will research and use role-playing to understand some of the people and issues that sparked the BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION case in 1954 and how that...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Race and the Community
Discusses the issues of cultural and racial differences and how these should be addressed in schools. Includes objectives and lesson activities.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Brown v. Board of Education
An overview of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case is found in this encyclopedia article. The background, the decision, and the significance of the case are discussed.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is a detailed explanation as to what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, how it came about, and how it affected American society. Includes a photograph of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law.
Other
Global Nonviolent Action Database: The Albany Movement
Learn comprehensive details about the Albany Movement which was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance and its goal which was the enfranchisement of the black voter and full integration of all public facilities. Although...
Other
Western Michigan University: Timeline of Civil Rights History
Timeline showing important events in civil rights history around the world from 1884-1968.
Other
Tcnj: Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Digital Archive
An extensive archive of documents, articles, images, and activities related to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case from 1954. The site was last updated in 2004 and the video links do not seem to be working now. The...
Other
Watson.org: African American History: School Integration
A history of the attempt to integrate schools in Little Rock, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
Other
Black Parents Appeal Attack on Desegregation
Historical look at the battle for desegrated schools in North Carolina.
Other
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka: Case Background
Gives the background to the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Other
Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement
An online look at the role Atlanta played in all parts of the Civil Rights Movement.
Other
International Civil Rights Center & Museum: The Sit in Movement
This interesting list shows how the sit-in movement spread in just three months across the South. Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities encouraged the non-violent actions to protest segregation.
Other
Kodak: Powerful Days in Black and White
A collection of black and white Civil Rights pictures by photojournalist Charles Moore. Short descriptions with each photo.
Other
Kodak: Powerful Days in White and Black
Stunning black and white photos documenting the civil rights struggle in the 1960s.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Desegregation of the Armed Services
Information and lesson plan for grades 9-12 about President Harry Truman's work with A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders to desegregate the armed services.
Thurgood Marshall Website
Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice and Civil Rights Advocate
A short biography of Thurgood Marshall, plus interviews with him, a link to articles about Justice Marshall and speeches by him, and a photo gallery.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Nonviolent Direct Action at Southern Lunch Counters
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan that teaches about nonviolence and uses the civil rights lunch counter protests as examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Read about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which sought to make discrimination illegal, and the resistance they faced from the public and government officials. As time passed, African Americans began to...