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This category contains sites that pertain to the historical aspects of the civil rights movement within the United States.

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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 www.nbbd.com/godo/moore

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. www.greensboro.com/sitins/stories/bishop.htm

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. www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html

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? www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com

Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement. www.crmvet.org

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. www.centralhigh57.org

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. www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights

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. www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/3/97.03.10.x.html

Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America. www.africanaonline.com

Viva Cesar E. Chavez! Contains a biography, chronology, list of achievements, interviews, audio and text of speeches, photos, documents (including quotes), and links. www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm

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. www.sitins.com

Men and Women in Struggle In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories. www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8443

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. www.Panagram.com/ads/OXRShows.asp?Panagram=811275660

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. www.geocities.com/malcolm_b_johnson

A Photographic History of The Civil Rights Movement Photos and text from The Civil Rights Movement. www.abbeville.com/civilrights

Click2History - Jim Crow Laws Cites infamous "Jim Crow" laws against African Americans, with embedded links from national archives www.click2history.com/crow_laws/crow_laws_ch1.htm

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. www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=mcwhorter.html

Civil Rights Garden Photo documentary of the Civil Rights Garden located in Atlantic City, NJ, honoring those who struggled for civil rights. digitalphotos1.tripod.com/index.html

Reporting Civil Rights Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement. www.reportingcivilrights.org

Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders. www.geocities.com/genebrooks/civil-rights-leaders-ideas.html

Civil Rights Oral History A bibliography of interviews about the civil rights movement in Mississippi. www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/oh

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 www.facinghistory.org

National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case. www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html

The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963. 4littlegirls.com

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. www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp

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