Narrative explores the role of African Americans after World War II ended and the state of the civil rights movement from the 1940s to the early 1050s.

James Baldwin is presented in this biography as a great African American contributor to the literary world during the civil rights movement. See "James Baldwin Activities" for more information.

Students will discover the reasons behind the March on Washington and analyze the impact and consequences on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

A collection of 13 primary resources with questions for discussion and links to supplemental material about the various forms of protest undertaken by African Americans in pursuit of civil rights and how it helped shape identity.

A complete resource on Martin Luther King, Jr. Contains a timeline on his life, audio files for some of his speeches, lesson plans, and more.

Learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was aimed at ending segregation and racial discrimination.

This site has a colorful chart detailing the date by date progression of the Mississippi Burning Trial.

A short biography on former Los Angeles Police Chief, Bernard Parks, a founding member of the Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation formed to better communication between African American police officers and the communities around Los Angeles.

The city that best exemplifies white resistance to integration and the tension and conflict of the civil rights movement is Birmingham, Alabama. Learn about events of and reactions to the civil rights movement of the early 1960s in...

A concise Civil Rights timeline that begins with the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision and ends with the 1992 LA riots in response to the Rodney King trial.

Rosa Parks is featured in this brief biography for her role in the Civil Rights Movement.

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.

Article and activity in which students read and analyze the historic challenges faced by African Americans as they sought to gain an unimpeded right to vote in the segregated South followed by activity asking students to evaluate current...

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike.

An article about the Chicano Movement in Washington state, and Seattle in particular at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Read about the formation of the Brown Berets and their place in the movement.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan that teaches about nonviolence and uses the civil rights lunch counter protests as examples.

A narrative account of Freedom Summer and the murders of 3 Mississippi black members of CORE because of their support for the Civil Rights Movement.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.

Photos, cartoons and text sum up the post war period and efforts to fight segregation in the military by President Truman.

This site offers an interactive look at the roles Jewish women have played in the furthering of feminism and the American women's movement in the last half of the 20th century. You can access the information through a timeline, themes of...

Read about the two civil rights groups that organized nonviolent protests during the 1950s and 1960s.