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- 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott
A collection of original source material emphasizing the role of the local newspaper, the Tallahassee Democrat, in covering the events of the boycott and race relations in general.
- 4CivilRights
Web guide to the history of the civil rights movement and issues in America.
- A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics
A contemporary history of Blacks in Mathematics,featuring the first African Americans in the Mathematical Sciences and related events in the past 300 years. Links are presented in a timeline and include such information as first African American to obtain Ph.D. in math, first black math professors and related links.
- A Photographic History of The Civil Rights Movement
Photos and text from The Civil Rights Movement.
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
Did you know...A. Philip Randolph first planned a March on Washington in 1941 to protest against governmental hiring practices that excluded African Americans from federal employment and federal contracts?
- African American History: Welcome
This project documents a selection of important events in African American history. Currently it begins with the 1857 Dred Scott case and continues through Plessy v. Ferguson, the civil rights movement from 1955-1965, and school integration. It may be expanded in the future to contain information on other topics as well.
- American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
A course by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute featuring six women in the Civil Rights Movement based on the literature of Eloise Greenfield.
- Civil Rights
A high-school level overview of the civil rights struggle, from Reconstruction through Dr. King.
- Civil Rights Author Discusses Birmingham, Alabama Revolution
Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Carry Me Home, discusses the revoltion that led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in an interview with Jerry Jazz Musician.
- Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces
Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America.
- Civil Rights Garden
Photo documentary of the Civil Rights Garden located in Atlantic City, NJ, honoring those who struggled for civil rights.
- Civil Rights Movement Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Depicts books and links featuring civil rights legends, workers, and the movement itself.
- Civil Rights Movement: March on Washington 1963
A short history leading to and following the March 18, 1963 March on Washington D.C. for Jobs and Freedom.
- Civil Rights Oral History
A bibliography of interviews about the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
- Civil Rights: A Status Report
Discusses the relevancy of the movement, and its effect on the population.
- Click2History - Jim Crow Laws
Cites infamous "Jim Crow" laws against African Americans, with embedded links from national archives
- Facing History and Ourselves
Educational organization. Site includes videoclips of individuals who involved the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 60s. Also describes educational and professional development programs and resources, lists regional offices, and provides news and event calendar.
- Freetown Villiage - A Living History Museum
Freetown Village is a living history museum which depicts the lives and lifestyles of free African Americans in the year 1870. This symbolic community represents many of the predominantly African American settlements scattered throughout Indiana during the post-Civil War years. The residents of Freetown Village are composite characters of the approximately 3,000 men, women and children identified on the 1870 Indianapolis census.
- Greensboro Sit Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
A multimedia site presented by the Depot, the News and Record, and the Greensboro Public Library.
- Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-Ins
The Greensboro News & Record and Public Library chronicle the 1960 sit-in movement with a timeline, photos, and voices of the participants.
- Harry T. Moore Homesite - Mims, Florida
Harry T. Moore Homesite site commemorates lives of two pioneering American Black civil rights workers, murdered in 1951. Organized first Brevard Co. Chapter NAACP in 1934, and led Florida fight for equality and justice. First killing of prominent civil rights leaders, historical spark helped ignite American civil rights movement.
- Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movements
The National Parks Services' story of the Civil Rights Movement centered around places listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
- Historical Documents and Speeches Civil Rights Act 1964
Images of congressional signing ceremony and actual document included on site.
- History of Black Firefighters
This is a document of research by several individuals compiled in one location about the involvment of slaves and freedmen as well as emancipated blacks in the early history of fire fighting.
- Hosea Lorenzo Williams
Includes biographical sketch and narrative essay.
- Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders
A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders.
- Integration Ole Miss
The Kennedy Presidential Library's account of James Meredith, the African-American student whose attempt to register at the University of Mississippi in 1962 provoked violent confrontation. Site includes timelines, biographical profiles, and primary sources.
- Jim Crow Online
The official home of the PBS documentary, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.
- Juneteenth Worldwide Celebration
Website brings together the spirit of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some areas a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings.
- Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
Background and history of events during the integration of Central High in 1957. Photos, articles, and news releases are published. Museum and visitor's center information is provided.
- Men and Women in Struggle
In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories.
- Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project
Funded by the Mississippi state legislature, presentation includes oral history bibliography, oral history transcripts, and civil rights timeline.
- National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education
An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case.
- Out-of-Wedlock Baby Arms Jesse Jackson's Antagonists.
An essay on the moral crisis for civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.
- Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
A sampling of images from the national civil rights movement, and events that happened in the Seattle area.
- Reporting Civil Rights
Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement.
- Sojourn to the Past
Offers students, educators and parents the chance to travel for ten days through the South visiting the most dramatic sites and hearing the speakers that first witnessed and created the civil rights movement
- The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing
Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963.
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Describes the incident which started on December 1, 1955, when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, and move to the back of the bus.
- The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
Interviews with biographer Marshall Frady and with Jackson's friends and advisors, including audio clips from PBS Frontline.
- Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Ongoing project supported by students at Western Michigan University's Department of Political Science, covering events from 1954 through 1965.
- Tourism Boycott of San Francisco
A protest against alleged racial discrimination and ethnic injustices.
- Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement
Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement.
- Viva Cesar E. Chavez!
Contains a biography, chronology, list of achievements, interviews, audio and text of speeches, photos, documents (including quotes), and links.
- Voices of the Civil Rights Era
Speeches by prominent persons of the era, including JFK's Inaugural Address, and speeches by Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X.
- W.E.B. Du Bois, The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963
Randy Sydnor's audio interview of Dr. Daniel Levering Lewis, Du Bois biographer, on the show, Oxford Review.
- Webcorp -- Voices of the Civil Rights Era
Short commentaries and recordings from famous speeches by Martin King, John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X.
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