Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks started a revolution by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Read about the Montgomery bus boycott, and see how the nonviolent actions of supporters of the Civil Rights movement succeeded in using the boycott to inspire more...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: 1968: A Time of Change
Explore how the events and cultural and political changes that occurred in 1968 came to represent the upheaval and dramatic changes in American life during the 1960s. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Sit in Movement
Just like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the first sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter was the beginning of a nonviolent movement to challenge "white only" laws. Read about how the sit-in movement spread across the South. See how...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Stonewall and the Gay Liberation Movement
A collection which uses primary sources to explore the impact of Stonewall on the gay liberation movement.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The American Indian Movement, 1968 1978
This collection uses primary sources to explore the American Indian Movement between 1968 and 1978.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Voting Rights Act of 1965
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Equal Rights Amendment
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Equal Rights Amendment.
Digital History
Digital History: Simple Justice
Follow the civil rights quest for integrated schools from the beginning in 1849 through the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education and the struggle that ensued for decades following in the most reluctant...
PBS
Pbs: This Far by Faith: The Black Arts Movement
From PBS this is "The Black Arts Movement" as part of the series "This Far by Faith", which examines the role of faith in the civil rights cultural movement from the 1940s through 1960s in the U.S..
Curated OER
National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Thurgood Marshall
This is an informative biography discussing the role Thurgood Marshall had in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Historian's Perspective: Winning the Vote: History of Voting Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian-authored three-part overview looks at the history of voting rights in America, touching on all the critical moments in American history when voting rights were first denied then granted to...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: w.e.b. Du Bois
Read a brief biography of W.E.B. DuBois, who was an early civil rights activist and supporter of equal opportunity and treatment for African-Americans. See how he acted on his beliefs. Included is a brief quiz about the Progressive Era.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Martin Luther King, Jr. [In Spanish]
This resource offers a review of the life of this important man in the Civil Rights Movement. King believed in peaceful protests, instead of violence, to solve social problems. (In Spanish)
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
The full text of the Supreme Court decision of Shelley vs. Kraemer, relating to the enforcement by the courts of private agreements that exclude persons of color.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Kennedy's New Frontier
Read about John Kennedy's vision for America upon his becoming president. Find out about the space race with the Soviet Union, and expanded social programs for the poor and elderly in America.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Separate No Longer?
An explantion of how the Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka turned the concept of separate but equal on its head. See how they determined that the 14th Amendment was being violated when schools did not fund...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Roy Wilkins
Read about the life of Roy Wilkins, black American civil-rights leader who served as the executive director (1955-77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was often referred to as the senior...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Beyond Busing: School Desegregation in Boston
This collection uses primary sources to explore school desegregation in Boston.
Digital History
Digital History: Postwar America: 1945 1960
Chapter focus on the political, social, and economic events following World War II. Examines both foreign and domestic issues, including the origins of the Cold War and Civil Rights movements.
Digital History
Digital History: The Equal Rights Amendment
In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA subsequently failed to be ratified by the necessary number of states and was never added to the Constitution.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Un(re)solved: Frontline: Interactive
Un(re)solved tells the stories of lives cut short and examines a federal effort to investigate more than 150 cold cases that date back to the civil rights era. Learn about and speak the names of the many people whose lives were lost...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Cesar Chavez
Learn about this leader who helped bring many important changes for farm workers in the U.S. Following the peaceful examples of King and Ghandi, Cesar Chavez helped much needed improvements take place.