The Centre for Peace Studies at McMaster University established the Mahatma Gandhi Lecture series to promote the values of nonviolent resistance. Most of the speeches, all by prominent activists and leaders, are available here.

Lesson plan tackles the turbulent events in Egypt and other Middle East countries by asking students to examine political cartoons and understand how social and traditional media served as a tool for the nonviolent protests. February, 2011

This ibiblio.org site gives the six-year history of this college based group that supported the civil rights movement and tells of its nonviolent philosophy.

Find two lesson plans developed for a PBS documentary about the Greensboro Four, whose sit-in at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter was a key event in the unfolding history of the civil rights movement. The lessons ask students to...

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...

A lesson plan that examines the events and conditions that led to the 1963 March on Washington and the impact of the march on civil rights in the United States. Students learn about the concept of "separate but equal" and the philosophy...

Learn about the the events of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike which drew Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis, which is where he was soon to be assassinated. Excellent source of primary sources and first hand accounts of the...

Explores the final decade of the women's suffrage movement through powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington, D.C. procession, Ida B. Wells's successful voter registration...

Read about the organization behind the sit-ins at southern businesses, first in Greensboro, North Carolina, then spread throughout the south. Of interest is the prominence of student-led protest. Be sure to look at the related events and...

A brief description of the role of the sit-in as a non-violent way to protest segregation in the South.

A comprehensive four part lesson plan exploring how the ideas of the two great African American leaders were similar and different both in their ideologies and their visions.

Learn about the social conditions in the United States that led up to the Civil Rights Movement. Also, explore peaceful resistance and the immediate impact of the march.

A scholarly discussion of Gandhi's strategy of passive resistance for the people of South Africa in their struggle for equal rights.

Extensive teaching aid to help students understand the Montgomery Bus Boycott using primary sources such as letters, police reports, leaflets, and speeches. Includes many student activities and resources.

A comprehensive five part lesson plan that teaches student how to use what happend in the famous bus boycott for both content knowledge and also how to apply to other social movements. The role of Rosa Parks is examined in detail.

This resource offers a review of the life of this important man in the Civil Rights Movement. King believed in peaceful protests, instead of violence, to solve social problems. (In Spanish)

Detailed biography of Mohandas Gandhi.

This article details a key event in the civil rights struggle--the demonstration organized by the Rev. Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965, when 525 people met a police blockade on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

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...