Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The American Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Given primary and secondary resources, students will be able to trace the historical development of the civil rights movement in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and describe the roles of political organizations that promoted civil...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950 1970
View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA television stations including 230 video clips that feature both national events, such as the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy, as well as...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream
A collection of archival video clips along with town hall discussions on racial equality and the civil rights struggle by African Americans. The discussion participants include civil rights leaders, activists, religious leaders,...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fannie Lou Hamer Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi
A collection that uses primary sources to explore Fannie Lou Hamer and the civil rights movement in rural Mississippi.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Activism in the Civil Rights Movement
In this interactive lesson, students will learn about the historical background of racial segregation and the brave individuals and groups who stood up against segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Children in the Civil Rights Movement
Meet ordinary children of the past who inspire us even today. Step back in time to a United States full of racism and segregation. Students will explore the Civil Rights Movement and leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They'll see...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Activism in the Us
American sociopolitical activism became especially prominent during the period of societal upheaval which began during the 1950s. The African American civil rights movement led the way, soon followed by a substantial anti-war movement...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Civil Rights Movement 1960 1980
Brief, yet comprehensive, summary of the Civil Rights movement from 1960 until 1980. Includes civil rights policies of presidents Kennedy through Nixon.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Overview of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in post World War II America.
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Separate but Equal
This site gives an interesting look at the idea of "Separate but Equal" and the court's eventual reversal of its decision on it.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Civil Rights Movement: Game 2
Learning game in which students solve a mystery and complete the puzzle with the fewest clues in the Civil Rights category.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay that speaks of the major events and legacies of the Civil Rights Movement.
Raleigh Charter High School
Mrs. Newmark's Page: Civil Rights
This interactive activity focuses on the Civil Rights Movement.
Other
Oxford Aasc: The Civil Rights Movement of the 19502 and 1960s
View a visual essay of the Civil Rights movement. 10 mesmerizing images caught on camera--difficult to see, but difficult to look away from. A absolute must-see sight.
Other
Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom Volume Ix [Pdf]
During these lessons, students will gain insight into segregation prior to the student sit-ins of the 1960s and explore how the Civil Rights Movement affected Tennessee.
Other
Nashville Public Library Digital Collections: Civil Rights
More than seventy artifacts representing the Civil Rights Movement in and around Nashville, Tennessee. Brief audio clips of oral history interviews with people involved in the movement, and photographs of people and events from the Civil...
University of California
The History Project: Ideology of the New Left
The early 1960s saw a rising tide of criticism of American society, mainly by college students. They criticized repression, corruption and racism as basic flaws in the entire structure of American government and society. This lesson plan...
Other
Kodak: Powerful Days in White and Black
Stunning black and white photos documenting the civil rights struggle in the 1960s.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Segregation No More
This website provides information about Tennessee's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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...
Illinois Institute of Technology
The Oyez Project: Shelley v. Kraemer
Provides facts about the Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, including an abstract, links to written opinions of the Court, and how each of the nine justices ruled upon the case.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Robert F Kennedy, Aka "Bobby" Kennedy
Overview of the life and political career of Robert Kennedy, with links to Kennedy's eulogy to Martin Luther King, Jr. and a speech given in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
Provides an overview and basic introduction to the civil rights movement of African Americans.