PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Southern Response to Civil Rights Speech, 1948
In response to Harry Truman's views of civil rights, a Democrat from Mississippi voices his displeasure in the concept of a Civil Rights Movementto grant equal freedoms to all citizens of the United States.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Resources: Robert Kennedy on Civil Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reading the background information about Attorney General Robert Kennedy's report on civil rights enforcement activities of the Department of Justice in 1962, read the full transcript of the...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Civil Rights Movement 1960 1980
Brief, yet comprehensive, summary of the Civil Rights movement from 1960 until 1980. Includes civil rights policies of presidents Kennedy through Nixon.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Mosaic America: Civil Rights Movement
A lesson unit designed to outline the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of African Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans.
Other
International Civil Rights Center: Explore History: Civil Rights Movement
In 1960, four students at North Carolina A&T University decided to protest segregation laws by staging a sit-in at the Woolworth store lunch counter. Their action sparked a nation-wide protest by students that spread from just...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Us History: Civil Rights Movement
Learners develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine actions and interactions during the Regan administration and their impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Civil Rights Movement in America
Comprehensive resource focusing on the men and women who fought for civil rights. Extensive links to discussion questions, related information, timeline, and activities.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection
Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.
Stanford University
Beyond the Bubble: Civil Rights Movement in Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] The two letters presented here are from the archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and were written over twenty years apart. Students must read the letters...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Civil Rights Act of 1964
[Free Registration/Login Required] JFK was known for being supportive of the Civil Rights Movement. In this lesson, students will review two speeches and evaluate the devotion the President had to civil rights.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008
An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Civil Rights: An Investigation
Through the lesson provided here, students will not only learn about civil rights and civil liberty but also understand the key roles played by President Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. The detailed...
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Leader?
A collection of primary and secondary resources provide insight into Jackie Robinson's signing with the Dodgers. What did this mean in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement? Explore the details behind the accomplishment through the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement
A quick comprehension check over the early steps in the Civil Rights Movement.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Overview of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in post World War II America.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
Learn about the origins, strategies, and unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Civil Rights Movement 1960 1980
Section overview of the major accomplishments and changes in strategy developing during the Civil Rights Movement between 1960 to 1980.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: African American Veterans and the Civil Rights Movement
Many African American veterans joined the Civil Rights Movement after World War II when they found themselves facing continued discrimination at home. Learn about some of the veterans who were prominent activists.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Freedom Riders and Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement
In this lesson plan, learners will consider "The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement" in 2 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
NBC
Nbc Learn: Free Resources: Finishing the Dream: Learning From Civil Rights Era
Over one hundred video clips, culled from NBS News archives, document events and issues of the civil rights era, from 1954-68. Also includes contemporary perspectives on civil rights, with videos of town hall-style conversations about...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Civil Rights Movement
Learning module with multi-media resources, including interactive timeline, video, photos and articles, from which students can explore the current Black Lives Matter movement and make connections to activism of the past and the role of...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
This exhibit spotlights the voice of African American Women leaders in the movement and highlights their significant roles and contributions.