Civil Rights Movement
To Kill a Mockingbird and Civil Rights Movement Assignment
Begin your research by reading the Civil Rights Movement article from Britannica Encyclopedia (3 reading levels). Search through related articles from World Book Encyclopedia (advanced).
For Biographical Information about important figures related to the Civil Rights Movement, Use our Biography in Context database.
Other Research Sites for Civil Rights Movement
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/civilrights/external.html
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/civilrights/websites
http://besthistorysites.net/american-history/civil-rights/
*** Please note the “I have a dream” YouTube video is not available on this site but it is available for viewing at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/civil-rights-movement-sites-students-and-researchers
Begin your research by reading the Civil Rights Movement article from Britannica Encyclopedia (3 reading levels). Search through related articles from World Book Encyclopedia (advanced).
For Biographical Information about important figures related to the Civil Rights Movement, Use our Biography in Context database.
Other Research Sites for Civil Rights Movement
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/civilrights/external.html
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/civilrights/websites
http://besthistorysites.net/american-history/civil-rights/
*** Please note the “I have a dream” YouTube video is not available on this site but it is available for viewing at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/civil-rights-movement-sites-students-and-researchers
Examples of key search terms for project:
Important Events of the Civil Rights Movement
Brown Vs. Board of Education Little Rock 9 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Selma to Montgomery March (3) Freedom Summer Greensboro Sit-in Children's Crusade/Birmingham Campaign Freedom Rides March on Washington Civil Rights Act of 1964 Montgomery Bus Boycott Voting Rights Act 1965 Watts Riots - 1965 Watts Riots - 1992 Black Lives Matter Movement |
Important Figures of the Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks Emmett Till Ku Klux Klan Medgar Evers Thurgood Marshall Martin Luther King "Bull" Connor Black Panther Party Southern Christian Leadership Conference James Chaney/Michael Schwerner/Andrew Goodman Jimmie Lee Jackson James Meredith Josephine Baker Ella Fitzgerald Jackie Robinson Mohammed Ali Malcolm X |
Photo Credit: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Photo by Rowland Scherman for USIA - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration