Ms. Lague - January 2010
You are researching topics that are related to American racial segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. The links on this page on the left cover many of the topics you are researching and also give you some context and background information. The links at the right will take you to other pages on this site with information about your specific topics. Please see Ms. Woznick or Ms. Lague if you have trouble locating your topic.
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African-American History - Covering 19th & 20th centuries
The RIse and Fall of Jim Crow - PBS
Jim Crow was not a person, yet affected the lives of millions of people. Named after a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States.
An online reference to African American History with over 3,000 pages. Created by a group of volunteers at the University of Washington, Seattle.
African American Odyssey – Library of Congress
Use the links on the left side of the page to get to sections of this site about different periods, starting before the civil war and following through the Civil Rights Movement
Spartacus Educational: Civil Rights 1860-1980
Examines the history of civil rights in the United States. There are 4 sections: biographies of campaigners (people) 1860-1900; campaigners 1900-2000; issues 1840-1900; issues, events and organizations 1900-1980, and events.
Black History Milestones - History.com
African American World Reference Room – PBS
Links to PBS websites and pages relating to African-American history and experience.
A Black Perspective on American History – WEB Dubois Learning Center
This website has articles written from a specifically black perspective.
Civil Rights Movement History - Primarily 20th century
Timeline of the Civil Rights movement from Information Please
From the King Center at Stanford University, articles about people, places and events in the Civil Rights Movement.
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement - A National Register of Historic Places travel itinerary, in a partnership project produced by the several federal agencies.
National Civil Rights Museum - Memphis TN
National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Alabama
An award-winning 14-hour television series. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, it covers all major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985.
Great African American Speeches
Notable Speeches by African-American Leaders from Information Please
Also includes links to biographies of many prominent African-Americans
Say it Plain - A Century of Great African American Speeches - American Radioworks