Curated OER
Slavery and the Legal Status of Free Blacks: Rhetorical Analysis of Debates During the 1847 Illinois Constitutional Convention
Eleventh graders read actual arguments regarding the status of free blacks in Illinois and slavery in the United States more generally.
Curated OER
Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
Learners use the Archival Research Catalog to complete assignments and activities about Lewis Hines and the National Child Labor Committee.
Curated OER
The Revolution in Falmouth: Points of View
Pupils evaluate the burning of Falmouth and its economic and political repercussions. They discuss the community of Falmouth during the Revolution and the role of a pastor. They read an excerpt and identify unknown words. They select a...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Civil Rights Era: A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet
From the archives of the Library of Congress read the pamphlet that explained the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in plain language. Find out all the different issues the law addressed and what one could do if the law wasn't being followed. A...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Free Resources: Finishing the Dream: Learning From Civil Rights Era
Over one hundred video clips, culled from NBS News archives, document events and issues of the civil rights era, from 1954-68. Also includes contemporary perspectives on civil rights, with videos of town hall-style conversations about...
Other
Plugger Publishing: Coming Together: Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Era
A collection of stories told by those who personally struggled through the 1960's Civil Rights Movement in the South. Forty of the thousands experienced hatred and prejudice speak out to share their experience.
University of Virginia
Virginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era
A rich collection of streaming video samples of television news footage from 1950 to 1970, along with an assortment of primary source documents, first-person accounts, a glossary of terms, and essays and analysis for learning about the...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950 1970
View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA television stations including 230 video clips that feature both national events, such as the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy, as well as...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement
Companion site to the televised documentary "Eyes on the Prize" provides access to a full complement of primary sources on the civil rights movement (1954-85), reflections of the people involved, profiles of important figures, image...
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era
This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...
Library of Congress
Loc: From Slavery to Civil Rights
This interactive timeline lets students select an era in the history of blacks in United States. Text tells the highlights of the time and primary source materials are linked that pertain as well.
Library of Congress
Loc: Naacp: A Century in the Fight for Freedom: Civil Rights Act of 1957
Read a brief description of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, a document adopted at the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Click on the document to see the primary resource.
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Civil Rights and Conservatism 1945 Present
Learn about over seventy years of Texas history from the time of civil rights to present day.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Reconstruction & Civil Rights
Following the Civil War in the United States came an era of reconstruction. The men and women who were freed from slavery were suddenly stuck trying to sort out all of the freedoms as well as new responsibilities they were facing. The...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fighting Racism: Civil Rights in the Progressive Era
In this interactive lesson, students take a closer look at some of the women who risked their lives to fight against systemic racism in the United States during the Progressive Era.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era (Part 1)
This exhibit on the African American culture and history ranges from the 1948 desegregation of the military to Hank Aaron's breaking of Babe Ruth's homerun record in 1974. Includes images of historical photographs and documents.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1957
Informative article on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that was intended to protect the right of African Americans to vote.
Other
Ar Net: Hispanic Americans, an Under Represented Group
An excellent description of the problems facing the involvement of Hispanic-Americans in American politics. The essay covers 1948 to 1996, with a good discussion of the civil rights era.
iCivics
I Civics: Civil War & Reconstruction
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era brought about the end of slavery and the expansion of civil rights to African Americans through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Compare the Northern and Southern states, discover the concepts of...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1875
Learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 that extended the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was aimed at ending segregation and racial discrimination.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1866
The purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was to protect ex-slaves (Freedmen) from legislation in the Southern States such as the Black Codes and the Vagrancy Laws and help African Americans obtain equal status under the law.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Movement
Article details important people, places, and events in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.
PBS
Pbs: Jazz Music and the Crisis Over School Desegregation
Working in cooperative groups, your students will learn how jazz musicians expressed the Civil Rights era in their music. This lesson focuses on the Civil Rights movement in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also, they will learn to about the...