Civil Rights Research
Plessy v. Ferguson
o Jim Crow Stories: Plessy v Ferguson (PBS)
o Plessy v. Ferguson: Legal Segregation
o Today in History: May 18 - Plessy v. Ferguson
o Landmark Cases: Plessy v. Ferguson
o Seperate But Equal - Click on Plessy v. Ferguson link on the page
o Plessy v. Ferguson (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
Civil Rights Acts: 1866; 1875; 1964
o Civil Rights Act of 1866 (PBS)
o Civil Rights Act of 1875 Declared Unconstitutional (PBS)
o Civil Rights Timeline (InfoPlease)
Jim Crow / Jim Crow Laws
o Jim Crow Laws (FactMonster)
o Remembering Jim Crow - Includes oral history audio interviews and slideshows (American Radio Works)
o Introduction to Jim Crow South
Lynching
o Lynching (Info Please)
o Interactive Map - Select "lynching" and then scroll over Mississippi on the map
o Lynching (Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute)
o Lynching Statistics: By State and Race / By Year and Race / By Supposed Offense
o Lynching in America (PBS)
Emmett Till
o Emmett Till (Biography)
o Emmett Till (PBS)
o Emmett Till (History.com)
o The Murder of Emmett Till (InfoPlease)
Little Rock Nine
o Remembering the Little Rock Nine (Time Life)
o Little Rock, 1957: An Overview (The New York Times)
Freedom Riders
o Freedom Riders (PBS)
o Get on the Bus: Freedom Riders of 1961 (NPR)
o MLK and the Freedom Riders (Time Life)
o The Freedom Riders, Then and Now (SmithsonianMag.com)
o Freedom Rides (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
o Freedom Rides (History.com)
Rosa Parks
Voting Rights of African Americans
o Voting Rights Act: Major Dates in History