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Depicts books and links featuring civil rights legends, workers, and the movement itself.
http://themiddleoftheinternet.com
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Civil Rights: A Status Report
Discusses the relevancy of the movement, and its effect on the population.
http://home.earthlink.net/~civilrightsreport/
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African American History: Welcome
This project documents a selection of important events in African American history. Currently it
begins with the 1857 Dred Scott case and continues through Plessy v. Ferguson, the civil rights
movement from 1955-1965, and school integration. It may be expanded in the future to contain
information on other topics as well.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/index.html
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History of Black Firefighters
This is a document of research by several individuals compiled in one location about the involvment
of slaves and freedmen as well as emancipated blacks in the early history of fire fighting.
http://hometown.aol.com/fireriter/index.html
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Juneteenth Worldwide Celebration
Website brings together the spirit of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the ending of
slavery. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African
American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Juneteenth commemorates
African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some
areas a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings.
http://www.juneteenth.com/
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Freetown Villiage - A Living History Museum
Freetown Village is a living history museum which depicts the lives and lifestyles of free African
Americans in the year 1870. This symbolic community represents many of the predominantly African
American settlements scattered throughout Indiana during the post-Civil War years. The residents of
Freetown Village are composite characters of the approximately 3,000 men, women and children
identified on the 1870 Indianapolis census.
http://www.freetown.org/
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A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics
A contemporary history of Blacks in Mathematics,featuring the first African Americans in the
Mathematical Sciences and related events in the past 300 years. Links are presented in a timeline
and include such information as first African American to obtain Ph.D. in math, first black math
professors and related links.
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madhist.html
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Tourism Boycott of San Francisco
A protest against alleged racial discrimination and ethnic injustices.
http://www.BoycottSanFrancisco.com
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Civil Rights
A high-school level overview of the civil rights struggle, from Reconstruction through Dr. King.
http://www.geocities.com/beckyok2/CivilRights.html
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Jim Crow Online
The official home of the PBS documentary, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/
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Out-of-Wedlock Baby Arms Jesse Jackson's Antagonists.
An essay on the moral crisis for civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.
http://www.jajnsn.com/jackson.html
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Sojourn to the Past
Offers students, educators and parents the chance to travel for ten days through the South visiting
the most dramatic sites and hearing the speakers that first witnessed and created the civil rights
movement
http://www.sojournproject.org/
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Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project
Funded by the Mississippi state legislature, presentation includes oral history bibliography, oral
history transcripts, and civil rights timeline.
http://www.usm.edu/crdp/index.html
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams
Includes biographical sketch and narrative essay.
http://www.africanpubs.com/Apps/bios/0254WilliamsHosea.asp
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Historical Documents and Speeches Civil Rights Act 1964
Images of congressional signing ceremony and actual document included on site.
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/CivilRightsAct1964.htm
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Civil Rights Movement: March on Washington 1963
A short history leading to and following the March 18, 1963 March on Washington D.C. for Jobs and
Freedom.
http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp
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The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing
Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963.
http://4littlegirls.com/
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The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
Interviews with biographer Marshall Frady and with Jackson's friends and advisors, including audio
clips from PBS Frontline.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/jesse/
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National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education
An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case.
http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
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Facing History and Ourselves
Educational organization. Site includes videoclips of individuals who involved the civil rights
movement during the 1950s and 60s. Also describes educational and professional development programs
and resources, lists regional offices, and provides news and event calendar.
http://www.facinghistory.org/
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Civil Rights Oral History
A bibliography of interviews about the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/oh/
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Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders
A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders.
http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/civil-rights-leaders-ideas.html
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Integration Ole Miss
The Kennedy Presidential Library's account of James Meredith, the African-American student whose
attempt to register at the University of Mississippi in 1962 provoked violent confrontation. Site
includes timelines, biographical profiles, and primary sources.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/meredith/home.html
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Reporting Civil Rights
Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.reportingcivilrights.org
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Civil Rights Garden
Photo documentary of the Civil Rights Garden located in Atlantic City, NJ, honoring those who
struggled for civil rights.
http://digitalphotos1.tripod.com/index.html
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Civil Rights Author Discusses Birmingham, Alabama Revolution
Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Carry Me Home, discusses the revoltion that led
to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in an interview with Jerry Jazz Musician.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=mcwhorter.html
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Click2History - Jim Crow Laws
Cites infamous "Jim Crow" laws against African Americans, with embedded links from
national archives
http://www.click2history.com/crow_laws/crow_laws_ch1.htm
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A Photographic History of The Civil Rights Movement
Photos and text from The Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/
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1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott
A collection of original source material emphasizing the role of the local newspaper, the
Tallahassee Democrat, in covering the events of the boycott and race relations in general.
http://www.geocities.com/malcolm_b_johnson/
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W.E.B. Du Bois, The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963
Randy Sydnor's audio interview of Dr. Daniel Levering Lewis, Du Bois biographer, on the show,
Oxford Review.
http://www.Panagram.com/ads/OXRShows.asp?Panagram=811275660
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Men and Women in Struggle
In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8443/
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Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-Ins
The Greensboro News & Record and Public Library chronicle the 1960 sit-in movement with a
timeline, photos, and voices of the participants.
http://www.sitins.com/
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Viva Cesar E. Chavez!
Contains a biography, chronology, list of achievements, interviews, audio and text of speeches,
photos, documents (including quotes), and links.
http://www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm
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Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces
Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America.
http://www.africanaonline.com/
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Webcorp -- Voices of the Civil Rights Era
Short commentaries and recordings from famous speeches by Martin King, John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm
X.
http://webcorp.com/civilrights/voices.htm
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American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
A course by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute featuring six women in the Civil Rights Movement
based on the literature of Eloise Greenfield.
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/3/97.03.10.x.html
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Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movements
The National Parks Services' story of the Civil Rights Movement centered around places listed in
the National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
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Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
Background and history of events during the integration of Central High in 1957. Photos, articles,
and news releases are published. Museum and visitor's center information is provided.
http://www.centralhigh57.org/
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4CivilRights
Web guide to the history of the civil rights movement and issues in America.
http://www.4civilrights.com/
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Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement
Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement.
http://www.crmvet.org/
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A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
Did you know...A. Philip Randolph first planned a March on Washington in 1941 to protest against
governmental hiring practices that excluded African Americans from federal employment and federal
contracts?
http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/
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Voices of the Civil Rights Era
Speeches by prominent persons of the era, including JFK's Inaugural Address, and speeches by Martin
Luther King, and Malcolm X.
http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/index.htm
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Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
A sampling of images from the national civil rights movement, and events that happened in the
Seattle area.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Describes the incident which started on December 1, 1955, when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up
her seat, and move to the back of the bus.
http://socsci.colorado.edu/~jonesem/montgomery.html
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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Ongoing project supported by students at Western Michigan University's Department of Political
Science, covering events from 1954 through 1965.
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
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Greensboro Sit Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
A multimedia site presented by the Depot, the News and Record, and the Greensboro Public Library.
http://www.greensboro.com/sitins/stories/bishop.htm
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Harry T. Moore Homesite - Mims, Florida
Harry T. Moore Homesite site commemorates lives of two pioneering American Black civil rights
workers, murdered in 1951. Organized first Brevard Co. Chapter NAACP in 1934, and led Florida fight
for equality and justice. First killing of prominent civil rights leaders, historical spark helped
ignite American civil rights movement.
http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/
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