A detailed account of the history of African Americans is presented in this article. Divided by main topics or periods of time, the coming of slavery to America is the first focus. Followed by plantation life and escapes to freedom and...

Information about the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan, the group's resurgence after World War I, and the film about the KKK called Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith.

An exhibit featuring the accomplishments, people, and events that helped to form the NAACP from 1909-2009.

February is African American History Month and a great time to investigate the contributions that African Americans have made to the history and cultural development of the United States. Resources include general information, lesson...

Find a large collection of internet resources organized around African American history. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.

A rich collection of streaming video samples of television news footage from 1950 to 1970, along with an assortment of primary source documents, first-person accounts, a glossary of terms, and essays and analysis for learning about the...

Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...

Brief history of the NAACP with visualizations showing data, maps, and charts that show the changing geography of NAACP grassroots activism.

Site about the noted career of Thurgood Marshall, leading civil rights advocate and first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. This article has information on his education, his work with the NAACP, his involvement in Brown v....

An overview of the NAACP v. Alabama case, which charged Alabama with violating the First Amendment. The NAACP sued the state for not allowing the organization to exist within the state.

Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.

An article by NAACP executive secretary, Walter White, discusses the eight reasons he saw for the Chicago Race Riots in July, 1919. He goes into great detail to support these causes.

Read about the law suit against Boston Public Schools claiming that the schools were segregated in fact, although not by law. See the results of busing and read the addendum about the status of integration in Boston at this time. The...

This encyclopedia entry recounts briefly the life of Roy Wilkins, a very influential civil rights leader.

Companion to a four-part PBS series about Jim Crow has a timeline with links to significant events and people, video and audio clips from the series, and in-depth backgrounders on Jim Crow issues and impacts.

A good biography of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered for his attempts to integrate institutions in Jackson, Mississippi.

After a brief summary of the background of anti-lynching legislation, read the text of the 1922 Anti-Lynching Bill. Although passed by the House of Repesentatives, it was filibustered by the Senate.

87 year old civil rights activist, Isaac Lowe, came from her small California town to Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of the President Barack Obama in 2009. Her story is featured in this article.

Read about the role of President Eisenhower in the impetus for the support of civil rights in 1957.

Discusses the famous Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

Presents details of important people and interesting historical events relating to the NAACP in a timeline format.

Follow the civil rights quest for integrated schools from the beginning in 1849 through the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education and the struggle that ensued for decades following in the most reluctant...

Thurgood Marshall was one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement. In this biographical account, follow the steps of Marshall from his days as a law student at Howard Law School, to his victories as chief counsel for...