This subcategory contains 64 links

A Civil Rights Watershed in Biloxi, Mississippi (486 clicks)

A Class of One. February 18, 1997 Transcript.(448 clicks)
"In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges Hall became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school. In honor of National Black History Month, Hall discusses her memories of the first day she entered her new school in New Orleans, her first year when she was in a class of one, and her efforts today to improve education."

Birmingham , Alabama Civil Rights Institute(453 clicks)
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute takes its visitors on one of this nation's most significant journeys by capturing the spirit and courage of countless individuals who, during the 1950's and 1960's, dared to confront the bigotry and racial discrimination of American society.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)(539 clicks)
Article on the controversial 1954 decision.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: 40 Years Later(475 clicks)

Central High 1957: Photography by Will Counts(451 clicks)
Integration in Little Rock, Arkansas

Civil Rights Act of 1875(474 clicks)
Text of the law.

Civil Rights Act of 1964(490 clicks)
Complete text.

Civil Rights and African Americans in the United States(438 clicks)

Civil Rights Audio/Video Archive(474 clicks)
Both audio and video clips are available

Civil Rights in America: Connections to a Movement(441 clicks)

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive(458 clicks)
From the University of Southern Mississippi

Civil Rights Pioneers John Due and Patricia Stephens Due(444 clicks)

Civil Rights: A Status Report(490 clicks)

Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education(849 clicks)
From the National Archives and Records Administration. Includes a letter from President Eisenhower.

Emancipation Proclamation(435 clicks)

Eyes on the Prize(481 clicks)

Finding Place for the Negro(474 clicks)
Robert C. Weaver and the Groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement By Walter B. Hill, Jr.

Greenboro Sit-Ins(451 clicks)
Launch of a Civil Rights Movement

Independent Lens: The Story of the Greensboro Four(535 clicks)

Ku Klux Klan(441 clicks)

Ku Klux Klan(539 clicks)

Legacu of Medgar Evans(631 clicks)
NPR--"40 Years After Civil Rights Leader's Death, a Changed Mississippi"

Little Rock's Central High(456 clicks)
The crisis of 1857 and a look at 40 years later.

March on Washington, 1963(458 clicks)
Story behind and of the march and demonstration.

Mississippi Civil Rights Oral History Bibliography(452 clicks)
Bibliography of Oral History Interviews on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

National Civil Rights Museum(452 clicks)
The National Civil Rights Museum offers the first and only comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form.

Oh Freedom Over Me(477 clicks)
"February 2001
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism."

Photo tour of the Civil Rights Movement(464 clicks)
From the Seattle Times.

Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination(744 clicks)
"This reference aid includes all the known images of discrimination signs found in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information file of photographic prints. This list was compiled in response to frequent patron requests for such images. The list is updated as additional images are discovered."

Plessy v. Ferguson(527 clicks)
Short but with hyperlinks. Part of a larger black history site.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)(438 clicks)
Decision which created the "Separate but Equal" doctrine.

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)(451 clicks)
Supreme Court decision establishing the doctrine of "separate but equal."

Remembering the Trenton Six Case(511 clicks)
A "Northern Lynching," 1949.

Roberts Versus Boston(466 clicks)
"In 1848, five-year-old Sarah Roberts was barred from the local primary school simply because she was black. Her father sued the City. The lawsuit was part of an organized effort by the African-American community to end racially segregated schools."

Rosa Parks Telling Her Story (462 clicks)

Rosas Parks, Civil Rights Pioneer(482 clicks)
"Rosa Parks has been called the "mother of the civil rights movement" and one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. "

Ruby Bridges(469 clicks)
The Education of Ruby Nell by Ruby Bridges Hall, New Orleans, LA Take another look at the cover of this magazine. The little girl on the left is me in November 1960, walking up the steps of William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, the first black student at the formerly all-white elementary school. That's me now, on the right, married, a mother of four. Forty years separate those pictures.

Security handbook -- Orientation for workers, freedom Summer, 1964(476 clicks)

Separation of Church and State principle(497 clicks)
"The Separation of Church and State principle is a part of our historical, legal and political / social heritage and preserves and protects our religious liberty. Our page is devoted to exploring the nature and purpose of this principle in an effort to educate the public. We also intend this page to provide a resource to anyone involved in the on-going Church and State debate."

Sitting for Justice(432 clicks)
The Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins of 1960.

SNCC 1960-1966(556 clicks)
"On February 1, 1960, a group of black college students from North Carolina A&T University refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina where they had been denied service. This sparked a wave of other sit-ins in college towns across the South. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC (pronounced "snick"), was created on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh two months later to coordinate these sit-ins, support their leaders, and publicize their activities."

SNCC, 1960-66(490 clicks)
History of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leading civil rights organization.

Social Movements and Culture(478 clicks)
Chicano/a Latino/a Movements.

Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950) (USSC+)(474 clicks)
Desegregation of the University of Texas Law School

The Chinese Question(477 clicks)
A s the western frontier matured, the growth of industry gave rise to a white laboring class. Those with grievances against capitalist exploitation found a convenient scapegoat in the Chinese. Finding big business too powerful to fight, working class Americans struck instead at the Chinese minority.

The 1957-58 School Year(427 clicks)
History of Little Rock Public Schools Desegregation

The Central High Crisis, 1957(437 clicks)
The Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazette present a retrospective of the integration crisis at Central High School in Little Rock in 1957.

The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Introduction(643 clicks)
Essay on the movement.

The Courage of Rosa Parks(349 clicks)
"Rosa Parks stood up for herself and all black Americans by sitting down. Kids can learn more about her courageous act and reflect on their own acts of courage in a special moderated kid's forum"

The Desegregation of the Armed Forces(336 clicks)
The Executive Order plus commentary and teaching materials.

The Forgotten Martyrs of Orangeburg(370 clicks)
The Orangeburg Massacre of 1968.

The Japanese American Internment(325 clicks)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott(306 clicks)
Annotated list of links.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott(365 clicks)

The National Civil Rights Museum(300 clicks)
"The Museum presents a timeline of the civil rights struggle relating to African Americans and concentrates on the seminal events of the 1950's and 1960's. Exhibits include: Montgomery Bus Boycott; Brown vs. Board of Topeka; Little Rock; The March on Washington; Freedom Movement; March from Selma to Montgomery; Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike; and The Struggle Continues."

The story of the Greensboro sit-ins(293 clicks)

Thomas Zimmerman, "Plessy v. Ferguson"(285 clicks)
Analysis of the case.

Touchstone: A Visit to the Civil Rights Memorial(299 clicks)
"ake five minutes to travel with Peggy Steele Clay to the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Watch the memories unfold."

U. S. vs Cecil Price et al.(314 clicks)
The "Mississippi Burning" Trial, 1967.

Voices of Civil Rights(308 clicks)
AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all. We invite you to share your story and explore this site, a tribute to those who were a part of the civil rights experience and to the continuing quest for equality. Begin by learning about the power of a story.

Voting Tests pre-1965(552 clicks)
"Prior to passage of the federal Voting Rights Act in 1965, Southern (and some Western) states maintained elaborate voter registration procedures whose primary purpose was to deny the vote to nonwhites. This process was often referred to as a "literacy test." But in fact, it was much more than just a reading test, it was an entire complex system devoted to denying African-Americans (and in some regions, Latinos and Native Americans) the right to vote. "

We Shall Overcome:Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement(330 clicks)
National Park Service guide.

Without Sanctuary(316 clicks)
Searching through America's past for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual legacy: photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America. With essays by Hilton Als, Leon Litwack, Congressman John Lewis and James Allen, these photographs have been published as a book "Without Sanctuary" by Twin Palms Publishers . Features will be added to this site over time and it will evolve into an educational tool. Please be aware before entering the site that much of the material is very disturbing.