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Mississippi Writers' Page: Ida B. Wells Barnett
The University of Mississippi offers a detailed biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) the famous freedom fighter is offered at this site. It includes an extensive bibliography of her works, and works about her, as well as some...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Read about the action of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, triggering a massive bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The boycott became the impetus for a Supreme Court ruling that...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Culture & Change, Evolution of Black History
Explore the Black History in America in the lives of famous African Americans. Features include a clickable interactive timeline that highlights important events, accomplishments, and personalities from 1492 to 2001.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Fdr: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
This site from the Miller Center of Public Affairs gives a detailed biography of the life of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The page also provides links to the biography of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as his Cabinet...
Black Past
Black Past: Wright, Louis T.
This encyclopedia article tells about Louis T. Wright, a black doctor and medical researcher.
Black Past
Black Past: Scottsboro Case
This encyclopedia article tells about the several trials of the so-called Scottsboro Boys. This case became a beacon for later civil rights movements.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
A comprehensive five part lesson plan that teaches student how to use what happend in the famous bus boycott for both content knowledge and also how to apply to other social movements. The role of Rosa Parks is examined in detail.
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: October 2: Thurgood Marshall
Site about the noted career of Thurgood Marshall, leading civil rights advocate and first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. This article has information on his education, his work with the NAACP, his involvement in Brown v....
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: 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...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: w.e.b. Du Bois
A brief biography of famous African-American, W.E.B. Du Bois. Read about his activism and his attempts to improve race relations. Hyperlinks to additional information about this important man.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: w.e.b. Du Bois Growing Up
This introduction to the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, a founding member of the National Association of Colored People, informs readers about his childhood, the impact of racism on his life and the many accomplishments he achieved despite...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Myrlie Evers Williams
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Myrlie Evers-Williams, an African American activist and the wife of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, whose racially motivated murder in 1963 made him a national icon. In 1995-98...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: William Monroe Trotter
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features William Monroe Trotter, an African American journalist and vocal advocate of racial equality in the early 20th century. From the pages of his weekly newspaper, The Guardian, he criticized...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Discusses the famous Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: United States of America Chronology: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956
Site provides a short explanation of the Boycott, naming principle players and events.
Other
Watson.org: African American History: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
From a paper written for a school project, find detailed notes on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, how it started, who started it, who participated, and the outcome.
Other
Baltimore Md: Thurgood Marshall
A short biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Curated OER
Amazon.com: Roy Wilkins
A general biographical sketch of the "Father of Civil Rights," found at the site of a memorial dedicated to Mr. Wilkins, who led the NAACP at the height of the Civil Rights movement.