US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: An Act of Courage: Arrest Records of Rosa Parks
A vividly detailed account of the events that led to the arrest of Rosa Parks for "violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses". Provided are copies of documents relating to her arrest that were used as evidence in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Learn about the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation in the United States.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Jim Crow
After Reconstruction, states in the South passed laws that barred African Americans from voting and segregated schools, restaurants, and public accommodations.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the famous "separate but equal" doctrine by dealing with the issues of racial discrimination and equal protection. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary and a link to the...
Thurgood Marshall Website
Thurgood Marshall: The Bicentennial Speech: Remarks of Thurgood Marshall
Text of Thurgood Marshall's Bicentennial Speech given in 1987, in which Marshall pointed out the inadequacies of the U.S. Constitution in addressing civil rights and liberties.
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National Park Service: Brown v. Board of Education
The National Park Service provides backgroud on the historic U.S. Supreme Court racial segregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education. Includes a link to a PDF on related historical places (requires Adobe Reader).
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Siteseen: American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson Case
Article provides an overview and detailed facts about the impact of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case on racial segregation.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Jim Crow Laws
Learn about the Jim Crow Laws, Southern laws that legalized segregation.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Freedom Riders
Article provides numerous detailed facts and a summary of the Freedom Riders who boarded their buses in May 1961 to test segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals in the South.
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Siteseen: American Historama: March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963, with the purpose of making demands for civil rights legislation and the elimination of racial segregation in public schools and jobs.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Black Populism
This article contains interesting facts and a timeline about the history of Black Populism, the cotton farmers of the south, and the Populist Party.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (Sncc)
Features interesting information, history, and facts relating to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Naacp Facts & History Timeline
Presents details of important people and interesting historical events relating to the NAACP in a timeline format.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The Jim Crow Era: The Life and Death of Jim Crow
Looks at how Southerners continued to discriminate against blacks after the Civil War through Black Codes, or Jim Crow laws, which permitted practices such as segregation in public places and requiring literacy tests in order to vote.