PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2
This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kwame Ture, Stokely Carmichael
In this transcript of an interview recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Stokely Carmichael describes SNCC organizing campaigns and his views on "Black Power."
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Al Sharpton
The Reverend Al Sharpton, well known for his racial and political activism, is featured in a biography.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Susan B. Anthony
In this instructional activity, young scholars will learn about Susan B. Anthony and her fight for what she believed in. Students will identify Susan B. Anthony's actions that make her an agent for change.
Columbia University
Columbia University: The Unfinished Dialogue of m.l. King, Jr. & Malcolm X [Pdf]
A scholarly article examining the issue of whether Malcolm X and Dr. King could have ever reconciled their different visions of Black America.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Julian Bond
Informative biography of one of the founding leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leading civil rights group of the 1960s.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Martin Luther King, Jr. [In Spanish]
This resource offers a review of the life of this important man in the Civil Rights Movement. King believed in peaceful protests, instead of violence, to solve social problems. (In Spanish)
Curated OER
National Park Service: Dr. King's Leadership and Character [Pdf]
This lesson plans looks at the leadership and character of Dr. King, and encourages students to draw connections to their lives. More lesson plans from the national parks service on civil rights and Dr. King can be found here:...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Picturing Nonviolence or Nonexistence [Pdf]
This lesson plan teaches students about Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence. This is a PDF document.
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Du Bois Overview and Links
An overview of the life and career of W.E.B. DuBois. Provides information pertaining to his political interests and his involvement in the NAACP. Related links to other civil rights leaders and issues are presented.
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Martin Luther King
What contributions did Martin Luther King Jr. make to the Human Rights effort? This site offers a lesson plan to develop student's knowledge of the accomplishments of this famous leader.
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights
Come and check out this lesson plan focused on the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Learners will be able to identify the important events in the life of this famous African-American leader.
Stanford University
Stanford University: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A scholarly biographical article on King taken from a work published in 1999 and written by the most authoritative scholar on King today.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Julian Bond
Relates biographical information on the life and career of politician and civil rights activist, Julian Bond. He was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Other
Naacp History: Medgar Evers
A good biography of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered for his attempts to integrate institutions in Jackson, Mississippi.
Other
Crmvet: Mc Cree Harris, Albany Civil Rights Veteran
Biographical sketch of McCree Harris, upon her death, which describes her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in Albany.
Other
Finding Dulcinea: w.e.b. Du Bois, Civil Rights Pioneer and Social Historian
A biographical profile of W.E.B. Du Bois, an American civil rights activist (1868-1963), who worked to promote equal rights for African Americans.
Other
Mlkcc: The Seven Steps of Non Violent Action
This site from The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee Inc. gives an outline of the Seven Steps of Non-Violent Action as defined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find out more about this tremendous historical Civil Rights leader.
The History Cat
The History Cat: u.s. History: The Civil Rights Movement
Outlines Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work as a civil rights leader from the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 up until his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Describes the different protest movements, including the...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Life of Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks Sits for Justice
The story of Rosa Parks, whose simple action of refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person galvanized black people into standing up against racial discrimination. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Other
Mlkcc: Famous Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This site from The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee Inc. has three of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speeches. You will need a "Real Audio Player," to listen to them. The three speeches are "I Have a Dream," "March on...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Mlk Murals
Features a slide show documenting "city portraits of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. across America."
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. DuBois is featured here for his writings which advocated human rights for all, but particularly for African Americans in the early twentieth century. Click "W. E. B. DuBois Activities" for related materials.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Booker T. Washington
Focused on his personal racial and civil philosophy, Booker T. Washington moved mountains making the public aware of the injustices and inequalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click "Booker T. Washington...