A 1967 federal court order resulted in this document, which mandated school desegregation in Birmingham.

Information on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's work with A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders to desegregate the defense industries. Includes lesson plan for grades 9-12.

The full title of this page is "African Americans in Massachusetts: Case Studies of Desegregation in 19th Century Nantucket and Boston." It features a timeline that covers the mid-19th century cases in Nantucket and Boston concerning the...

A biographical look at Ruby Bridges who became famous at six years of age by being the first Black child to attend a desegregated school in America.

In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Harry and Eliza Briggs describe their experience in the first school desegregation case, Briggs v. Elliott.

Encyclopedia entry examines the Albany Movement, a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Ga. in 1961 with the purpose of ending all forms of racial segregation in the city.

An online look at the role Atlanta played in all parts of the Civil Rights Movement.

A short biography of Thurgood Marshall, plus interviews with him, a link to articles about Justice Marshall and speeches by him, and a photo gallery.

Contains the text to the appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

Provides a background summary for the Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka case.

This collection of excerpts from legislation and court decisions documents key phases of the legal struggle to gain and implement equal education.

Narrative tells the story of a yearlong boycott to protest the closing of historically black schools in Hyde County, North Carolina.

A chilling account of the ways Virginia lawmakers attempted to subvert the Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education in 1958. Read about the Southern Manifesto, and the group of laws known as Massive Resistance.

This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...

Chosen as a Freedom Hero, Ruby Bridges faced the incredible task of integrating an elementary school during the Civil Rights Movement.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped enforce the Brown ruling, a decade later.

Learning resource using primary sources in which students study de facto segregation in the North following the Civil War and examine how African-Americans responded to segregation and racism compared to the South.

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a Republican Senator from Mississippi, and the first Black U.S. Senator. He advocated for relief for newly freed slaves, for improving navigation on rivers, and for desegregation of the United States Army. He also...

Detailed discussion of the civil rights movement between 1954-1960 including summaries of events such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956, school desegregation, Sarah Keys v....

Perhaps one of the largest ethinc/cultural group to inhabit Arkansas are the African Americans. Follow their first arrival as slaves working the plantations through all the years toward emancipation, and into present times. Highly...

This site represents the first phase of a civil rights project. It highlights Atlanta's role in the movement from 1940 to 1970, provides a timeline of key events, and offers information on other civil rights printed and online resources....

The Mississippi Writers Page provides a biography of Medgar Evers from college to death. Links to related sites available.

An examination of the civil rights movement of African Americans in the 1960s. Discusses the different forms of protest, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., the rise of Black Power, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X. This is...

This flyer from the 1962 Birmingham selective buying campaign encourages African Americans to boycott discriminatory businesses; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.