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The Slaughter: An American Atrocity... the book that breaks a news story The Slaughter: An American Atrocity... the book that breaks a news story: This compelling site focuses on "The Slaughter: An American Atrocity," a book that exposes the alleged massacre of over 1200 black soldiers based at Camp Van Dorn military base in Mississippi during World War Two. It is alleged the crime was com (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.theslaughter.com/newdevel.html Freetown Villiage - A Living History Museum 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 th (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.freetown.org/ Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html The Montgomery Bus Boycott 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/MontBus.html Webcorp -- Voices of the Civil Rights Era Webcorp -- Voices of the Civil Rights Era: Short commentaries and recordings from famous speeches by Martin King, John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. (Civil Rights Movement) http://webcorp.com/civilrights/voices.htm Tourism Boycott of San Francisco Tourism Boycott of San Francisco: A protest against alleged racial discrimination and ethnic injustices. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.BoycottSanFrancisco.com A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum 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? (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/ African American History: Welcome 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 exp (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/index.html Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive: The Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive is an Internet-accessible, fully searchable database of digitized versions of rare and unique library and archival resources on race relations sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.Mi (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/index.html Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces: Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.africanaonline.com/ Click2History - Jim Crow Laws Click2History - Jim Crow Laws: Cites infamous "Jim Crow" laws against African Americans, with embedded links from national archives (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.click2history.com/crow_laws/crow_laws_ch1.htm Facing History and Ourselves 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 an (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.facinghistory.org/ Sojourn to the Past 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 (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.sojournproject.org/ Civil Rights Civil Rights: A high-school level overview of the civil rights struggle, from Reconstruction through Dr. King. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.geocities.com/beckyok2/CivilRights.html History of Black Firefighters 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://hometown.aol.com/fireriter/index.html Civil Rights Author Discusses Birmingham, Alabama Revolution 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 Movement) http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=mcwhorter.html Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders: A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/civil-rights-leaders-ideas.html The "Separate but Equal" Legacy of Chief Just. Rehnquist The "Separate but Equal" Legacy of Chief Just. Rehnquist: An essay and critique by Michael A. S. Guth of the conservative perspectives of U. S. Chief Justice Bill Rehnquist on issues of race and equality. (Civil Rights Movement) http://riskmgmt.biz/rehnquist.htm Civil Rights Garden 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) http://digitalphotos1.tripod.com/index.html The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing: Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963. (Civil Rights Movement) http://4littlegirls.com/ Harry T. Moore Homesite - Mims, Florida 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 ri (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/ Juneteenth Worldwide Celebration 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 (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.juneteenth.com/ Integrating Ole Miss Integrating 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 sourc (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.jfklibrary.org/meredith/ Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project: Funded by the Mississippi state legislature, presentation includes oral history bibliography, oral history transcripts, and civil rights timeline. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.usm.edu/crdp/index.html Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.centralhigh57.org/ March on Washington, August 28, 1963 March on Washington, August 28, 1963: In the summer of 1963, a single event captured the attention of the United States and the world: the March on Washington. More than 250,000 people came to the nation's capital to demand equality for blacks and to urge Congress to pass pending civil rights (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.jointcenter.org/selpaper/themarch.htm Civil Rights History Guide .. The History Beat Civil Rights History Guide .. The History Beat: The Search Beat covers a variety of topics, including a Civil Rights History Guide with top Civil Rights history, timelines of the Civil Rights struggle, resources and more. Well organized by time periods; includes civil rights photography. (Civil Rights Movement) http://history.searchbeat.com/civilrights.htm Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement: Ongoing project covering events from 1954 through 1965. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.ags.uci.edu/~skaufman/teaching/win2001ch4.htm Viva Cesar E. Chavez! Viva Cesar E. Chavez!: Contains a biography, chronology, list of achievements, interviews, audio and text of speeches, photos, documents (including quotes), and links. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education: An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-Ins 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.sitins.com/ 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.geocities.com/malcolm_b_johnson/ Voices of the Civil Rights Era 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/index.htm A Photographic History of The Civil Rights Movement A Photographic History of The Civil Rights Movement: Photos and text from The Civil Rights Movement. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/ Civil Rights Movement: March on Washington 1963 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 Movement) http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp Reporting Civil Rights Reporting Civil Rights: Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.reportingcivilrights.org Men and Women in Struggle Men and Women in Struggle: In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8443/ Hosea Lorenzo Williams Hosea Lorenzo Williams: Includes biographical sketch and narrative essay. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.africanpubs.com/Apps/bios/0254WilliamsHosea.asp W.E.B. Du Bois, The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.Panagram.com/ads/OXRShows.asp?Panagram=811275660 American Women in the Civil Rights Movement 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 Movement) http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/3/97.03.10.x.html A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics 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 (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madhist.html Milliken's Bend - Black Soldiers Defeat Confederates Milliken's Bend - Black Soldiers Defeat Confederates: Black soldiers vindicated President Abraham Lincoln by defeating Confederate soldiers at Milliken's Bend, in the critical battle for Vicksburg in the Civil War. As a result, most barriers to the enlistment and effective deployment of Colored recruits wer (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.millikensbend.org/ Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movements 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ Civil Rights Oral History Civil Rights Oral History: A bibliography of interviews about the civil rights movement in Mississippi. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/oh/ Historical Documents and Speeches Civil Rights Act 1964 Historical Documents and Speeches Civil Rights Act 1964: Images of congressional signing ceremony and actual document included on site. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.historicaldocuments.com/CivilRightsAct1964.htm Jim Crow Online Jim Crow Online: The official home of the PBS documentary, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement: Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.crmvet.org/ Greensboro Sit Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement 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. (Civil Rights Movement) http://www.greensboro.com/sitins/stories/bishop.htm