A vast collection of records and photographs that documents the struggle for equality in Arkansas by African Americans, women, and Japanese Americans. Timeline, lesson plans, and similar resources available for added depth.

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."

This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...

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...

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...

Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...

President Eisenhower tried to follow a middle road in proposing and supporting domestic affairs during his presidency. Read about the policies he put forward. Read also about his dealing with Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his spotty...

Series episode covers the civil rights movement and the struggle for equality in post-World War II America.

A history of the attempt to integrate schools in Little Rock, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Boston.

Over 20,000 Indian petroglyphs are located in this NHLD, which also incorporates two earlier NHLs Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons. The site is located within Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.

Content includes little known facts and biographical information about David Bowie, popular British musician and songwriter who became an international star with "Ziggy Stardust."

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Margo who had an idea to build a birdbath with her dad. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Use this site to discover more about the diverse parts of life in Arkansas. Picture the Ozark mountain range in your mind. Find out about life in the Ozarks.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), while focusing on his contributions to the Civil Rights, features a letter written by Jackie Robinson to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The letter responded to Presidential Civil...

In nature there are many different minerals we call "Salts". If you look very closely at the particles of table salt, you will find little cubic crystals. These salt crystals are made of sodium chloride (NaCl), and their cubic shape is...

This site from Schoolhouse Rock provides the lyrics to a song from History Rock. Follow the trek of this little bill, all the way to becoming a full-fledged law. This comes from the popular 1970s cartoon series, Schoolhouse Rock.

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

A map of Arkansas from 1906 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1902 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1902 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1909 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1919 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1922 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1892 showing the State capital of Little Rock, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.