African American History: The Civil Rights Movement
Alabama Live's Civil
Rights Site
http://www.al.com/civil/
To commemorate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Alabama Live
has put together one of the web's most comprehensive Civil Rights' timelines.
Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute
http://bcri.bham.al.us/
Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute is the centerpiece of the city's
historic Civil Rights
District. The Institute houses exhibits that depict historical events
from post-World War
I racial separation to present day racial progress. More than just a
museum, the Institute promotes ongoing research and discourse on human
rights issues.
Brown
vs. The Board of Education
http://inst.augie.edu/%7Ecebenson/brown.html
In 1892 the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by the United States Supreme
Court set a
precedent of "separate but equal" which would stand for more
than 60 years. Not until 1954, in the equally important Brown v. Board
of Education decision, would the "separate but equal"doctrine
be struck down. A good overview of an important case in the Civil Rights
Movement.
Brown
vs. The Board of Education: An Interactive Experience
http://www.digisys.net/users/hootie/brown/
An excellent multimedia K12 resource.
CNN
Virtual Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/index.html
A virtual tour of the heart of the Civil Rights Movement.
Civil
Rights: A Status Report
http://www.ghgcorp.com/hollaway/civil.htm
"In writing about the history of Blacks in America, it is not my intent
to bring about White guilt or Black resentment. It is not my intent
to complain about the present state of Black America, nor to provide
excuses. My intent is very simple, provide an unbiased picture of Black
American history." By Kevin Hollaway.
Civil
Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
http://www.ghgcorp.com/hollaway/civil.htm
"The 'Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive' project will
result in the creation of an Internet-accessible, fully searchable database
of digitized versions of rare and unique library and archival resources
on race relations in Mississippi...For the first phase of the project,
USM Libraries is cooperating with the USM Center for Oral History to
offer 125 oral history transcripts on the civil rights movement, such
as those by civil rights leaders Charles Cobb, Charles Evers, Aaron
Henry, and Hollis Watkins. This collection also includes oral histories
of race-baiting governor Ross Barnett, national White Citizens Council
leader William J. Simmons, and State Sovereignty head Erle Johnston."
McCain Library & Archives, University of Southern Mississippi
Civil Rights
Oral History Bibliography
http://www-dept.usm.edu/~mcrohb/
A bibliography of Oral History Interviews on the Civil Rights Movement
in Mississippi.
Harry T.
Moore Homesite
http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/
This site was developed to commemorate the lives two pioneering American
black civil rights workers. They were murdered in their home in Mims,
Florida when a bomb was exploded under their bedroom on Christmas evening,
1951. It was the first killing of a prominent civil rights leader, and
was the spark that ignited the American civil rights movement.
Martin
Luther King: Living Memory
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/martinLuther/
" This modest but elegant collection of photos is offered in remembrance
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Composed of photos taken by Ben Fernandez
during the last year of Dr. King's life, the site also asks visitors
"to share their own thoughts and experiences concerning the fight for
civil rights, which will be posted in a Book of Remembrance." Each photo,
many of them new to this reviewer, is annotated, and some include additional
comments from Fernandez and from visitors as well. [MD]"
From The Scout Report [04/21/00], Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000.
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
This site contains secondary documents written about Martin Luther King,
Jr., as well as primary documents written during King's life.
The
Modern Civil Rights Movement
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/bh005.html
Includes articles on: civil rights organizations since 1945, protest
and civic unrest, civil rights laws and legislation since 1945, and
African American leaders since 1945.
The
Montgomery Bus Boycott Page
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/bh005.html
Links to many sites dealing with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Includes
ready-to-use lesson about the boycott for teaching, articles and brief
biography of Rosa Parks.
National
Civil Rights Museum
http://216.157.9.6/civilrights/
Created in December 1997, the purpose of this Web site is to participate
with the
National Civil Rights Museum in its mission to educate and preserve
the memory of
the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Located at
the Lorraine
Motel, the site where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the
Museum houses interactive exhibits that trace the beginnings of the
Civil Rights struggle. This site includes a well done virtual tour.
Photo
Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html
"The following photo pages reflect a sampling of images from the national
civil rights movement and events that happened in the Seattle area.
Rather than being a comprehensive archive, it is meant to bring the
events to life and encourage further research."
From the Seattle Times
Powerful
Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html
Charles Moore's unforgettable images helped put public opinion solidly
behind the civil rights movement.
Seattle
Times: Martin Luther King Jr.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/
A nice K-12 site including an Electronic Classroom with quizzes, study
guides and more
Timeline
of the American Civil Rights Movement
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
"These pages were created in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in
observance of Martin Luther King Day, 1996. They are an ongoing project
supported by students at Western Michigan University's Department of
Political Science."
Voices
of the Civil Rights Era
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
Selected audio clips of JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
Webcorp Multimedia
We
Shall Overcome : Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
National Register Travel Itinerary
University Library - Cal Poly Pomona
Emma C. Gibson
1/2001
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