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Letter From Birminghham Jail [Pdf]
This letter shares Martin Luther King's reflections about his involvement in peaceful demonstrations. The letter provides historical information about the plight of African Americans throughout history and why he and others are so...
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New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...
US National Archives
Our Documents: Official Program for March on Washington(1963)
Contains a copy of the original program for the March on Washington that featured Martin Luther King. Provides a summary of the civil rights movement at that time.
US National Archives
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum: Civil Rights: The Emmett Till Case
This is a fascinating look into the governmental response to the killing of Emmett Till. Read the many pieces of correspondence, including a telegram from Emmett Till's mother to President Eisenhower, and several letters from J. Edgar...
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Landmark Cases: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Everything you might want to know about this historic Supreme Court decision. Included are great teacher directed activities, background summary, and the text of the majority opinion.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Scrapbook
These materials document the goals and activities of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Howard University: Brown v Board of Education at 50: Fulfilling the Promise
Howard University had a direct role in the Brown v Board of Education and has continued its research in the 50 years since working to continue and improve the rulings of the case. This is a free resource providing a collection of court...
Library of Congress
Loc: Mary Church Terrell Papers
The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell consist of approximately 13,000 documents. Spanning the years 1851 to 1962, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1886-1954,...
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: Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader
Students will explore how King's deep-seated commitment to nonviolence contributed to the expansion of social justice in the United States, particularly for African Americans.
University of Richmond
Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909
This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thurgood Marshall
A description of the inspiring life of the first black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall. Learn why he is remembered as a self-less hardworking advocate for the less fortunate. (In Spanish)
Digital History
Digital History: The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
On December 1, 1955, the late Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat and made civil rights history.
The Henry Ford
Rosa Parks Bus at Henry Ford Museum
This site tells the story of Rosa Parks but also the story of the bus and what happened to it and with it through the years.
Black Past
Black Past: Montford Point Marines
This encyclopedia article tells about the Montford Point Marines, the first black Marine battalions in World War II.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: African Americans: Fighting Two Battles
Online personnel narratives by African American soldiers who participated in World War II.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Medelian Genetics
This set of seven activities will proved a thorough review of Mendel's work. The interactive experiments are easy to follow and drive home the concepts.
Digital History
Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.
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Watson.org: African American History: School Integration
A history of the attempt to integrate schools in Little Rock, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
PBS
Pbs: American g.i. Forum: Hector P. Garcia
Part of the website associated with the PBS series called "The Border." This article discusses the role of Hector Garcia in the Hispanic civil rights movement after World War II.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Life of Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks Sits for Justice
The story of Rosa Parks, whose simple action of refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person galvanized black people into standing up against racial discrimination. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Louis D. Brandeis School of Law: Harlan's Great Dissent
An article from the University of Louisville about Justice John Harlan, who courageously cast the sole dissenting vote in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, which approved of the principles of separate but equal.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Beyond Call of Duty
This inspirational WWII poster targets the black community by spotlighting African American navy messman Dorie Miller, who performed heroic feats when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Black Past
Black Past: Davis Bend, Mississippi
This is an encyclopedia article which tells about an attempt to form an all black cooperative town in Mississippi after the Civil War.
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