Library of Congress
Loc: With an Even Hand, Brown vs. Board at Fifty
A special exhibit at the Library of Congress to commemorate the Brown vs. Board of Education 50 year anniversary.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Desegregation at Little Rock Central High School
When state and local authorities fail to uphold the Federal Court orders for integration at Central High School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to enforce those orders. Using an array of photos and primary source...
Library of Congress
Loc: Voices of Civil Rights
Exhibition documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States presented by the Library of Congress. Includes personal stories, photos, and historical facts.
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
Ahc: Civil Rights Movement: The Surge Forward: 1954 1960
Detailed discussion of the civil rights movement between 1954-1960 including summaries of events such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956, school desegregation, Sarah Keys v....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
Provides an overview and basic introduction to the civil rights movement of African Americans.
Other
Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education, 347 u.s. 483
Contains the text to the appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The South After the Civil War: Jim Crow
Explains how Jim Crow laws came to be created in the South and what it meant for African Americans. Discusses the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, how its decision was eventually overturned, and the events that brought an end to...
Other
Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka: Background
Provides a background summary for the Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka case.
Cool Fire Technology
Cool Fire Technology: Supreme Court Decisions
A listing of the most significant Supreme Court cases in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with brief summaries of how they impacted on federalism.