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Chapter Enrichment Links
Chapter 21: The Civil Rights Movement |
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Section 1: Freedom Now! |
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African American Odyssey:The Civil Rights Era:
A Library of Congress collection of documents and photographs of the post war civil rights movement. This Web site offers a window into the vast holdings of the Library of Congress collection of African American history.
Web site by: The Library of Congress |
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Breaking the Barriers:
A web site offering histories of athletes like Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe and others. The site includes articles and photographs of black athletes who have transformed the African American sports from the 1940s through the 1990s.
Web site by: the Houston Chronicle |
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Jackie Robinson:
This site presents a history of Jackie Robinson and his role in integrating professional baseball.
Web site by: AFRO-America's Black History Museum |
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We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
An interactive multimedia map of historic places of the modern civil rights movement. The site also includes a virtual tour of important geographical locations of the civil rights movement.
Web site by: the National Park Service. |
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Section 2: Voting Rights |
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Civil Rights Oral History Transcripts
A series of transcripts of oral history interviews from leaders and participants in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. Fannie Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and other important leaders are featured.
Web site by: the University of Southern Mississippi and the |
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Historical Documents of African American History:
An index of important primary source documents related to African
American history and the civil rights movement.
Web site by: the AFRO-American Almanac's African American History Resources |
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Powerful Days in Black and White:
A series of photographs of the civil rights
movement taken by Charles Moore.
Web site by: Kodak |
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Section 3: Challenges for the Movement |
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Phototour of the Civil Rights Movement:
A web page that offers a virtual tour of the Civil Rights Movement.
Web site by: the Seattle Times |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
A site with information about Martin Luther Kings, Jr. with links to primary source documents such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and his "I have a Dream" speech.
Web site by: Western Michigan University's Political Science Department |
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Martin Luther King Jr.
A Web site devoted to teaching about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Web site by Seattle Times |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
This site offers an electronic collection of MLK's speeches, sermons, and writings as well as scholarly articles on the civil rights movment.
Web site by Stanford University |
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National Civil Rights Museum:
A homepage offering links to the museum's exhibit information, to articles, speeches, and a virtual tour of civil rights history.
Web site by: the National Civil Rights Museum |
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Section 4: The Movement Continues |
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African American Resource Guide:
A bibliographical list of sources related to African American history.
Web site by: the University of Southern California. |
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The Black Panthers:
A Web site presenting the history of the Black Panthers and biographies of its leaders.
Web site by: AFRO-Americ@'s Black History Museum |
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Affirmative Action:
A Web site covering various political issues with articles about affirmative action from a variety of political perspectives.
Web site by: Policy.com |
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