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.
Social Studies for Kids
Social Studies for Kids: Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Advocate
Thurgood Marshall successfully convinced the Supreme Court to rule that segregation was illegal in Brown v. Board of education, then later served on the Court itself. Find out more about this famous lawyer.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Supreme Court in Action
This tutorial looks at eight famous cases that were heard in the Supreme Court in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It examines each case, the results, and the ramifications of each decision. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
George Mason University
George Mason University: Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court Justice
Provides biographical information on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and a timeline of important events in his life.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Civil Rights Movement: 1919 1960s
Article provides an overview of the Civil Rights Movement in America between 1919 and the 1960s with detailed discussion on racial equality, nonviolence and passive resistance, and 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...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Walter White
An encyclopedia article about Walter White,a man influential in the quest for civil rights in the 20th century.
Other
Congress of Racial Equality: Facts About Core
This site contains in-depth information about the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, and its purpose and history.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing" by Jessica Mc Birney
A learning module that begins with "The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Black Past
Black Past: Marshall, Thurgood
This very brief encyclopedia entry gives a short overview of Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court judge.
Black Past
Black Past: Wilkins, Roy
This encyclopedia entry recounts briefly the life of Roy Wilkins, a very influential civil rights leader.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: A New Civil Rights Movement
A very brief overview of the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, its successes and failures into the 1960s, and a prediction of despair in the 1970s.
Curated OER
George e.c. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit Jr.
A short site from NPR that showcases Marshall on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Hear the entire segment from NPR's Morning Edition, hear audio clips from interviews, and see photos of Marshall. Site also includes...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: American Revolutionary?
An interview of Thurgood Marshall's biographer, Juan Williams, from the PBS Newshour. Provides insight into the character, background, and motivation of Thurgood Marshall.
OpenStax
Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
American Public Media
American Radio Works: The Southern Manifesto
The Southern Manifesto, written in opposition to the racial integration of public places and condemning the Supreme Court's 1954 school desegregation decision, was signed by 101 congressmen from the Deep South.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Racial Discrimination, Kenneth Clark
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, psychologist Kenneth Clark describes his research that illustrated the impact of racism on African American children.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Civil Rights
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around civil rights. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Timeline: Civil Rights Movement
Explore this timeline of women in the Civil Rights movement.
Digital History
Digital History: Little Rock
After the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education, the battle for school integration really began as documented in this Digital History article.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Howard High School
All black high school, subject of Gebhart v. Belton desegregation case that was combined with others in Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education case.
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.
Other
Baltimore Md: Thurgood Marshall
A short biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
PBS
Pbs Character Above All: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Essay by Stephen Ambrose covering Dwight Eisenhower's life and career. The essay explores ways in which Eisenhower's character shaped his decisions.