• Civil Rights

     

    Civil Rights

     

     Key Terms to Search:

    • Civil Rights Movement 
    • Race Equality
    • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
    • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    • Martin Luther King Jr. 
    • Rosa Parks
    • Jackie Robinson
    • Brooklyn Dodgers
    • Thurgood Marshall
    • Lyndon B. Jonson
    • John F. Kennedy
    • Brown Vs. Board of Education
    • Civil Rights Act of 1957
    • March on Washington 1963
    • Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Voting Rights Act of 1965
    • Birmingham Campiagn 
    • Malcom X
    • Black Panthers
    • Black Power
    • Freedom Rides
    • Jim Crow Laws
    • Montgomory Bus Boycott
    • Klu Klux Klan
    • Bisexual
    • Civil Rights
    • Gay Equality
    • Gay Liberation Movement
    • Gay Rights
    • Gender Pluralisms
    • Homosexuality - Political Aspects 
    • Human Rights
    • Lesbian Rights
    • Lesbianism
    • Queer Activism
    • Sex and Law
    • Sexual Minorities
    • Transgender Rights
    • Woment's Rights
    • Women's Rights Movement
    • Gender Equality
    • Susan B. Anthony
    • Ida B. Wells
    • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    • Women's Suffrage
    • National Women's Suffrage Association
    • The Seneca Falls Convention
    • Women's Christian Temperance Union
    • Termperance Movement
    • The American Equal Rights Association
    • The Women's Liberation Movement
    • American Feminist Movement

    Basic Searching and Primary Sources: 

    Sweet Search 

    A search engine with pre-evaluated web sites. Great for academic resources!

    iseek

    A non-commercial search engine for students and educators, with editor reviewed results from universities, government sites, and other non-commercial providers.

    Google Scholar

    A simple way to search scholarly literature.

    Grolier Online

    Search for your topic.

    EbscoHost

    Search for your topic.

    Library of Congress

    Search for your topic and find primary sources.

    American Memory

    From the Library of Congress. An online museum full of primary sources. 

    Useful Web Sites:

    Civil Rights Digital Library

    A comprehensive digital library dedicated to the civil rights movement. 

    History

    This link brings you to information on the civil rights movement, but you are also encouraged to search specific topics in the search bar.

    American Experience

    A time line of the gay rights movement and more helpful links on the left side bar. You are also encouraged to search specific topics in the search bar. 

    National Archives

    Links to woman's suffrage information, but you are also encouraged to search other topics as well. 

    Documents From The Women's Liberation Movement

    A resource with categorized information.

    National Women's Liberation

    The Feminist Group's Web site 

    Largest Protests

    A summary of the largest protests in history. 

     

    Helpful Books in the School Library:

    Here you will find the call number and title of helpful books you can find and take out. If you are having trouble, ask Mrs. Blaschik for assistance.

    • 323.1 KOS The Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy
    • REF 323.1 WEX The Civil Rights Movement: An Eyewitness History
    • 323.1 DUN The Civil Rights Movement
    • 323 PEC Working Together Against Human Rights Violations
    • 342.73 Civil LIberties: Opposing Viewpoints
    • B Parks Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    • 342.8 DAV Famous Supreme Court Cases
    • 323.32 BUR Gay Rights
    • 342.7308 HUD Gay Rights
    • 306.76 Gay America: Struggle for Equality
    • 359.008 STE Honor Bound: A Gay American Fights for the Right to Serve His Country
    • 305.42 Women's Suffrage: A Primary Source History of the Women's RIght Movement in America.
    • 305.42 WOM Women's Suffrage
    • 323.3 GUR The Ladie's of Seneca Falls  

    Interesting Videos:

    Crash Course with John Green

     

    Crash Course Civil Liberties

     

    Citing Your Sources:

    It is extremely important you cite your sources and give credit to those you have gathered information from. 

    MLA Format

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