National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
PBS
Pbs: The War: African Americans in World War Ii [Pdf] [Pdf]
Lesson plans and activities based on Ken Burns' film, "The War." Insight into the experiences of African Americans during the World War 11 period; from the homefront to segregation in the military to the Double V campaign. Links to video...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Learn about Rosa Parks's courageous decision to fight discrimination and the boycott that ended segregation on public buses.