University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight Eisenhower: Domestic Affairs
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...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Martin Luther King, Jr.
A brief biography of civil rights hero, Martin Luther King, Jr. This article touches on his early life, but focuses on his actions as a leader of nonviolent change to bring equality to African Americans. Find a speech given by Robert...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Explore the life and times of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973 CE)through AmericanPresident.org. Find out about the 36th president and his accomplishments during his presidency. He was a teacher early in his career.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Civil Rights What Are Yours?
Get to know and understand civil rights with the guidance of this project. Students will identify the rights given to us through the U.S. Constitution as well as the rights which affect them in school and answer some probing questions...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Government: Civil Liberties and Responsibilities
Georgia Virtual Learning module on civic responsibility in the U.S. offers mult-media resources.
The History Cat
The History Cat: u.s. History: The Civil Rights Movement
Outlines Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work as a civil rights leader from the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 up until his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Describes the different protest movements, including the...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Ap u.s. Government and Politics: The Federal Judiciary
Tom Richey's AP U.S. Government class component on the Federal Judiciary teaches about Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in this module. Includes downloadable unit materials, lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations.
Other
U.s. Commission on Civil Rights: Equal Opportunity in Education
A report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights assessing the challenges in providing equal opportunity to all in education, and the status of affirmative action.
Curated OER
National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Elbert Tuttle
Judge Elbert Tuttle was influential during and following the Civil Rights Movement as described in this concise biography.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
US Department of Labor provides this government copy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Thorough and complete, all the necessary information is provided.
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...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Showdown in Little Rock
Read about President Eisenhower's decision to send federal troops to Arkansas to enforce the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock. See why that action was necessary, and how Central High School fit into the larger Civil...
Read Works
Read Works: Letter From Jackie Robinson on Civil Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower in response to a speech Eisenhower gave asking African Americans to be patient. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism
This August of 2002 report discusses post-September 11 treatment of Arab and Muslim people residing in the U.S.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Black Power
The black power movement moved away from the nonviolence advocated by Martin Luther King, Jr. and his associates. Read about the formation of the Black Panther Party, and find their party platform. Take the brief quiz about history of...
Other
U.s. Marshals Service: Ruby Bridges: Honorary Deputy
Read an article regarding civil rights icon Ruby Bridges and how she became an honorary deputy from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Other
Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement: History & Timeline, 1960: Sit Ins
A turbulant time during U.S. history, read about the lunch counter sit-ins of the 1960s.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Domestic Affairs
An in-depth analysis of the domestic policies and problems that Rutherford B. Hayes faced as president. Read about the end of Reconstruction, Hayes' economic policy, his troubles with a Democratic majority in the Congress, and his...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: A New Civil Rights Movement
A very brief overview of the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, its successes and failures into the 1960s, and a prediction of despair in the 1970s.
Digital History
Digital History: Eisenhower and Civil Rights
Like other U.S. presidents before and after him, Dwight D. Eisenhower was only proactive in instituting civil rights in a very limited way, such as ending segregation in the District of Columbia, including the federal government, and any...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Civil Rights Movement
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the Civil Rights Movement and leaders of the 1950's and the 1960's.
US Department of State
America.gov: Government of the People: The Role of the Citizen
A chapter taken from the U.S. State Department's "Outline of U.S. Government," that focuses on the foundation of American representative democracy. Provides comparison with other democracies, along with the essential role of the U.S....
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Mississippi Burning Trial
Updated detailed account of the case of United States versus Cecil Price et al., also known as the "Mississippi Burning trial", a criminal trial where the United States charged a group of 18 men with conspiring in a Ku Klux Klan plot to...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Harry S. Truman: Domestic Affairs
A broad look at the Truman presidency domestically including the labor problems he encountered, his Fair Deal, the instransigence of the Republican Party, and McCarthyism.