CIVIL RIGHTS

Use the library's catalog to see our listing of books on the subject of Civil Rights -- Go to our OPAC (Catalog button) and click on "Copy Categories" -- you will see a list called "Civil Rights"   You can also log into to your library account to use DESTINY QUEST and search "WebPath Express" to visit various Civil Rights websites.

General Web sites:

http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/02-2/02-2e.htm  National Civil Rights Museum

http://www.usccr.gov/ United States Commission on Civil Rights

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/ncrmus National Civil Rights Museum

http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ Civil Rights Museum

http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/historical/civilrights.html Music of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.slpl.org/slpl/interests/article240116007.asp National Civil Rights Museum

http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/music/e3-music.html  Music of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/places/civil_rights_museum

http://www.usm.edu/crdp/

http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/ Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/index.html Primary source documents.Mississippi Digital Archive

http://www.spiritualsproject.org/spirituals/civil.php  The Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.atlantahighered.org/civilrights/atlantasstory.asp Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.highlandercenter.org/a-history2.asp Civil Rights Movement 1953-1961.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/index.html Eyes on the Prize - PBS video series documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1954-1985

http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/ Rosa Parks - Scholastic Teacher Resources Website.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/civil_01.html African American World (PBS) Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement.

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542324 Biography of Medgar Evers, 1925-1963.

http://www.jdscomm.com/drking/kingletter.html "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/otherresources.htm  Speeches of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

Search our OPAC for more information --
"One Search" will give you database articles. "Webpath Express" will list prescreened web sites.

Rodney King

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084,00.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/02/beating.anniversity.king.02/

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=C0tWztU6f0sC&dq=Rodney+King&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=a9QJnN0lO5&sig=Ls4W_QR4O5NNOtXag0KkTj49N1k&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/rodneyking/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

The Jena 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/7/10/the_case_of_the_jena_six

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14533821

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/jena6.appeal/index.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/premium/printedition/Tuesday/chi-jena_wittjun26,0,6914873.story

http://www.diversityinc.com/public/department192.cfm

Resegregation of schools

http://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/deseg/reseg_schools99.php

http://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/civilrights_brief/resegregation.php

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/15/schools.desegregation/index.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2004450677_reseg01m.html

http://www.education.wisc.edu/eps/reference/schoolDesegregation.pdf

Crown Heights Riots

http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/01/crown.heights/

http://www.answers.com/topic/crown-heights-riot