April 23, 2010
Period 5 Home 
Links



General Civil Rights Links
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

This is a timeline of the Civil Rights movement and everything that contributed to the equal rights everyone has today.

http://www.civilrights.org/

This is a general website that gives updates on the Civil Rights movement. It also provides information about getting involved with the movement yourself.

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/about.htm

This is a digital archive of the Civil Rights movement mainly in Mississippi. It has a lot of information about the movement and other resources that can be accessed.

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html

This is the government Office for Civil Rights (OCR) offical website. Here you can find out what the agency is doing to ensure equal rights.

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/

This is a very helpful link if you want a lot of information about all of the different protests during 1955-1965. These include the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Summer, the Sit-Ins, and various other things.

Subject Specific Links

http://www.sitinmovement.org/home.asp

For more information about the civil rights movement and the sit-ins, visit this site. This is also very helpful if you want to learn about the International Civil Rights Center & Museum located in Greensboro, NY.

http://www.myfox8.com/news/greensborositin/

This website provides a timeline and photo gallery of the Greensboro Sit-ins.

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