Digital History
Digital History: Feminism Reborn
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Separate but Equal
This site gives an interesting look at the idea of "Separate but Equal" and the court's eventual reversal of its decision on it.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Congress of Racial Equality (Core) Actions 1942 1970
Overview of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)with maps and charts showing the geography of CORE activism.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Sit in Movement
Just like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the first sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter was the beginning of a nonviolent movement to challenge "white only" laws. Read about how the sit-in movement spread across the South. See how...
Other
Congress of Racial Equality: Facts About Core
This site contains in-depth information about the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, and its purpose and history.
Digital History
Digital History: Civil Rights Act of 1964
A brief description of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the opposition against it, and how the law prohibited discrimination in voting, housing, public facilities, and employment.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream
A collection of archival video clips along with town hall discussions on racial equality and the civil rights struggle by African Americans. The discussion participants include civil rights leaders, activists, religious leaders,...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1962 1963: Standoffs
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the efforts of African Americans to fight racial segregation in education. Looks at the struggle of James H. Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, and the resulting...
Curated OER
History Matters: "And We Shall Overcome": Johnson's Special Message to Congress
Read President Lyndon B. Johnson's speech before the the Congress in support of the Voting Rights Act. Feel the passion in his address and his desire to further racial equality.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1964: Spotlights
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the African American struggle for equal voting rights in 1964. Looks at the Mississippi Freedom Summer where college students helped to register black voters, the murder of three of those...
Other
Jewish Women's Archive: Women of Valor: Bella Abzug
Check out this fascinating in-depth biography of Bella Abzug (1920-1998 CE), a civil rights activist and women's advocate elected to congress. Provides links to pictures, a timeline, and many personal narratives.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1963: Fury
A collection of archival video clips covering the racial unrest and violence in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, including the church bombing where four young black girls were killed. Also includes clips on the murder of NAACP leader Medgar...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Martin Luther King
This article gives a brief overview of the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while discussing the concept of non-violent resistance.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Read about Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a suffragette who became president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association in 1915 and who ran for the Texas Senate.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Women's Clubs
Read how women formed strong clubs and organization to strengthen the women's movement during late 19th and early 20th centuries. These groups not only endorsed women's suffrage, but also made way for the formation of the PTA, more...
Other
World Press: Women Work Toward Equality in Muslim Societies
A look at the the different movements and work being done to advance the equality of women in Muslim societies.Actions of organizations such as WISE who have advocated the training of woman as religious guides, organized an international...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Women's Political Rights in Connecticut 1830 1980
Teachers and students alike can check out this site to learn about the women's suffrage movement in Connecticut. The brief history is followed by lesson plan suggestions.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Civil Rights
The Smithsonian offers a variety of teaching supplements to be used in lessons on civil rights such as documents, teaching strategies, and historic photographs. Civil rights for other minorities are also discussed.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980:civil Rights Act 1964/voting Rights Act 1965
Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Students "Sit" for Civil Rights
Read the book, "Freedom on the Menu" about the Greensboro Sit-Ins and use the background information and follow up activities provided to enhance the story.
Other
Civil Rights Greensboro: Greensboro Sit Ins at Woolworth's
A very detailed description of the sit-ins at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's store and other businesses in that city during the first part of 1960. These sit-ins were to call attention to the segregation of public businesses...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist: Vanessa Venable
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Vanessa Venable describes the impact of school closings in Prince Edward County, Virginia, from 1959-1964.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Gains and Pains
Read about the legal gains made by the civil rights movement, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, juxtaposed against the real-life actions meant to deny African Americans their right to racial equality not just legally, but...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Desegregation Integration, Making of African American Identity: V.3
This resource presents James Farmer (1920-1999), a major figure in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, and the distinction he draws between integration and desegregation, two terms often used interchangeably and often confused.