Civil Rights Project
To complete the Civil Rights
Project, in addition to researching
the individual events you must have an understanding of the whole Civil
Rights Movement. You are required to explain why the event or
person is significant in the stuggle and relate it or them to the
movement and its history. General Civil Rights resources will
help you with this.
General
sources:
African
American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
Excellent source from the
Library of Congress. Scroll down to
IX Civil Rights, then look at both parts of the
exhibit. Many of the
topics are covered and include primary
documents.
National Civil Rights Museum
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html
Take the Virtual Tour which
outlines the events of the Civil Rights
Movement starting with the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Please follow the directions for taking the tour on the site.
Erie
Times News in Education What
are Civil Rights?
http://www.goerie.com/nie_civilrights/civil_rights.html
Overview of what are defined
as Civil Rights and a time line from
1690-2000.
Specific
sources:
For most persons and events
you may use the Student
Resource Center.
The
link to this resource is found on the Library's Main Page and at the
top of the "Current Links" page. Use keywords from
the project sheet rather than the whole phrase given to you. If
you have any difficulty see the librarian for hints on keywords to use.
PBS Scottsboro An
American Tragedy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/
Try the timeline for an
outline of events
Little Rock Central High School
http://www.centralhigh57.org/
History of the Little Rock 9
integration.
NAAPC
http://www.naacp.org/index.html
Look at the Our Roots section
for a historical look at the organization.
About.com African American History
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080403a.htm
Sit-ins.
Teaching
American History.org
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=100
Text of Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail.
Thompson Gale Free Resources
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/literature/birmingham_jail.htm
Information About the Letter
from Birmingham City Jail.