1950-1975 (SS5H6)

Photograph of Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott, National Archives at College Park

SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.

1. Analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

2. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.

Suggested Collections

• "Integrated in All Respects": Ed Friend's Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics of Segregation (Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies)

• AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records (Georgia State University)

• Auburn Avenue Research Library Historic African American Education Collections (Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History)

• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library (Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies)

• Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated (Atlanta History Center)

• Boyd Lewis Photographs (Atlanta History Center)

• Civil Rights Digital Library

• Civil Rights Papers (Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections)

• Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Oral History Series (Kennesaw State University Archives)

• Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection (Georgia Institute of Technology. Library and Information Center. Archives and Records Management)

• Georgia Government Publications (University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library)

• Georgia's Political Heritage Program (University of West Georgia. Special Collections)

• Manuscripts and Printed Material (Georgia State University. Special Collections)

• Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s - 1990s: Publications (Georgia State University. Special Collections)

• Superintendents (Fulton County Schools Archive)

• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)

Suggested Searches (DLG)

• African Americans--Segregation

• Segregation in education

• Segregation in higher education

• Discrimination in public accommodations

• Discrimination in housing

• Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1960

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964

• United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination 

• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination 

• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968--Assassination 

• Outer space--Exploration 

• Space race

• Space flight to the moon

Suggested Searches (Civil Rights Digital Library)

• African Americans--Segregation

• Blacks--Segregation 

• Segregation in education

• Segregation in higher education

• Discrimination in public accommodations

• Discrimination in housing

• Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.

• Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 --Trials, litigation, etc.Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) 

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1960

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964

• United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination 

• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968--Assassination 

• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination 

• Brown vs Board of Education (1954)

• Freedom Summer

• UGA Integration

Suggested Searches (DPLA)

• African Americans--Segregation

• Segregation in education

• Segregation in higher education

• Discrimination in public accommodations

• Discrimination in housing

• Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.

• Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) 

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1960

• United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964

• United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination 

• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968--Assassination 

• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination 

• Outer space--Exploration 

• Space race

• Space flight to the moon

• Space flight to the moon on television 

• Apollo 11

Historic Georgia Newspapers

• "Space Race" OR Space Race

• Civil Rights by phrase

• John F. Kennedy in the Georgia Press

• Lyndon Baines Johnson in the Georgia Press

• Martin Luther King, Jr in the Georgia Press

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Robert F. Kennedy in the Georgia Press

• Rosa Parks in the Georgia Press

• School Integration/Segregation

• Segregation

• Thurgood Marshall in the Georgia Press

Chronicling America Newspapers

• "Segregation in schools"

• Discrimination of housing

• Integration in the press (1945-1963)

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Baines Johnson

• MLK Jr in the Press

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Oliver Brown

• Robert F. Kennedy

• Rosa Parks

• Space Race

• Thurgood Marshall

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• Activism in the U.S.

• The American Indian Movement (1968-1978)

• The Black Power Movement

• Busing & Beyond: School Desegregation in Boston

• Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi

• The Impact of Television on News Media

• Lyndon B Johnson's Great Society

• Space Race

• Stonewall and Its Impact on the Gay Liberation Movement

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Watsons Go To Birmingham -- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

NGE Articles

• Albany Movement 

• The Americus Movement

• Atlanta Sit Ins

• Black Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

• Bus Desegregation of Atlanta

• Charlayne Hunter Gault (b. 1942)

• Coretta Scott King (1927-2006)

• Desegregation of Higher Education

• Freedom Rides

• Freedom Singers

• Hamilton Holmes (1941-1995)

• John Lewis

• King Papers

• Lemuel Penn Murder

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

• Ministers' Manifesto

• Segregation

• Sibley Commission

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Voter Education Project

• William Bootle (1902-2005)

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

• The Albany Movement

• Alexander Clark and the First Successful Desegregation Case in the United States

• American Experience: Chasing the Moon

• American Experience: Freedom Summer 

• American Experience: JFK

• American Experience: Klansville USA

• American Experience: LBJ

• American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War 

• American Experience: RFK

• American Experience: Space Men

• American Experience: Stonewall Uprising

• Andrew Young and the Civil Rights Movement

• Atlanta's Example in the Civil Rights Movement | Georgia Stories

• Cesar Chavez | Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Video

• Civil Rights Movement: Educational Equality

• The Civil Rights Movement: Taking a Stand

• The Civil Rights Movement: Virtual Learning Journey

• A Class Divided 1: The Daring Lesson

• The Economic Impact of Racial Discrimination | Georgia Stories

• Georgia's Resistance to the Civil Rights Movement

• Georgia's Resistance to the Civil Rights Movement

• Jackie Robinson | Athlete and Activist Video

• John Lewis | The Civil Rights Movement

• Martin Luther King Jr | Civil Rights Leader

• Neil Armstrong: PBS World Explorers

• Rosa Parks | Civil Rights Activist Video

Georgia Historical Society Resources

• Georgia’s Role in the Modern Civil Rights Movement

• Jackie Robinson

• Social Movements of the 20th Century

Posters and Postcards

• SS5H6 poster

• SS5H6 postcard