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.

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 Ph.D. in math, first black math professors and related links.

Photos and text from The Civil Rights Movement.

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?

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 expanded in the future to contain information on other topics as well.

A course by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute featuring six women in the Civil Rights Movement based on the literature of Eloise Greenfield.

A high-school level overview of the civil rights struggle, from Reconstruction through Dr. King.

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.

Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America.

Photo documentary of the Civil Rights Garden located in Atlantic City, NJ, honoring those who struggled for civil rights.

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.

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.Mississippi was a focal point in the struggle for civil rights in America, and Hattiesburg, where USM is located, had the largest and most successful Freedom Summer project in 1964. The original sources collected in the state represent local collections with truly national significance. Digitization provides an opportunity to make indigenous resources of this type available to a worldwide audience.

A short history leading to and following the March 18, 1963 March on Washington D.C. for Jobs and Freedom.

A bibliography of interviews about the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

Cites infamous "Jim Crow" laws against African Americans, with embedded links from national archives

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 and event calendar.

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 the post-Civil War years. The residents of Freetown Village are composite characters of the approximately 3,000 men, women and children identified on the 1870 Indianapolis census.

A multimedia site presented by the Depot, the News and Record, and the Greensboro Public Library.

The Greensboro News & Record and Public Library chronicle the 1960 sit-in movement with a timeline, photos, and voices of the participants.

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 rights leaders, historical spark helped ignite American civil rights movement.

The National Parks Services' story of the Civil Rights Movement centered around places listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Images of congressional signing ceremony and actual document included on site.

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.

Includes biographical sketch and narrative essay.

A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders.

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 sources.

The official home of the PBS documentary, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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 beyond. Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some areas a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings.

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.

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 legislation. Some believed the march would never happen. After all, A. Philip Randolph, one of the organizers of the 1963 march, had made a similar threat in 1941. Many of the Civil Rights Advocates as well as those opposed to desegregation are still active in Public Affairs and are featured on this site as well as memoirs and a history quiz.

In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories.

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 were eliminated in pursuit of the ultimate Union victory. Most of the Colored infantry had minimal training, were outnumbered and ill-equipped. Nevertheless, in close hand-to-hand combat, they routed the "Rebs" and won respect previously denied by both sides of the conflagration. Site features maps, links, historical articles, discussion group.

Funded by the Mississippi state legislature, presentation includes oral history bibliography, oral history transcripts, and civil rights timeline.

An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case.

A sampling of images from the national civil rights movement, and events that happened in the Seattle area.

Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement.

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

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.

Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963.

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.

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 committed by the United States Army.

Ongoing project covering events from 1954 through 1965.

A protest against alleged racial discrimination and ethnic injustices.

Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement.

Viola Liuzzo, a white housewife who was killed while fighting for the rights of whites and nonwhites alike.

Contains a biography, chronology, list of achievements, interviews, audio and text of speeches, photos, documents (including quotes), and links.

The Voices of Civil Rights, a joint effort of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress collects and preserves untold accounts of the Civil Rights Movement.

Randy Sydnor's audio interview of Dr. Daniel Levering Lewis, Du Bois biographer, on the show, Oxford Review.