Civil Rights Movement Research (Grade 6, Mrs. Ouellet)
Resources about events, individuals and groups/organizations related to the Civil Rights Movement.
Databases
The following resources provide information not available on the free web. Explore articles from reference books, news sources and scholarly journals pertaining to a topic.
The following resources provide information not available on the free web. Explore articles from reference books, news sources and scholarly journals pertaining to a topic.
Websites/Web Articles
Read the title/source of the websites below to find the resources that will best meet your research needs:
Read the title/source of the websites below to find the resources that will best meet your research needs:
- Brown Foundation
- Smithsonian "Separate is Never Equal" Exhibit (see for Woolworth's, March on Washington)
- International Civil Rights Center - Greensboro Chronology (for Woolworth's)
- "Why the Woolworth's Sit-in Worked" - Time Magazine, 2015
- Greensboro Sit-in, North Carolina History Project (for Woolworth's)
- March on Washington, National Museum of American History
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, National Parks Service
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, John F. Kennedy Library
- Selma to Montgomery March (1963), Stanford University
- On This Day: Selma-to-Montgomery March Begins, Finding Dulcinea
- Civil Rights Cities: Montgomery, Alabama, Finding Dulcinea (for bus boycott)
- National Voting Rights Museum and Institute (for Selma march, Bloody Sunday)
- Murder in Mississippi, PBS (for Freedom Summer Murders)
- On This Day: Bodies of Three Civil Rights, Finding Dulcinea (for Freedom Summer Murders)
- Rosa Parks Foundation
- Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine, Life
- On This Day: Arkansas National Guard Bars "Little Rock Nine" From School, Finding Dulcinea
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (especially "History" section)
- Freedom Riders: The PBS American Experience
- Freedom: Then and Now, Smithsonian Magazine
- The Ku Klux Klan and the Resistance to School Desegregation, Antidefamation League
- Black Power, Armistad Resource (for Ku Klux Klan, NAACP, Black Panthers, etc.)
- Civil Rights Movement Symbaloo page (for all topics)
Images
If you are seeking images from the 1960's, try the following before using Google Image searches:
If you are seeking images from the 1960's, try the following before using Google Image searches:
- New York Public Library Digital Collection
- Wikimedia Commons
- Digital Commonwealth
- Life Magazine Photo Archive (Tip: Leave "source:life" in the search box and then add your keywords)
- More coming soon...
- Google Tip: Search for images that are labelled for non-commercial reuse by using "Search Tools"
Books
Selected book resources from the Learning Commons will be available for in-classroom use for the duration of the research project. Or browse titles and topics on the online catalog here.
Selected book resources from the Learning Commons will be available for in-classroom use for the duration of the research project. Or browse titles and topics on the online catalog here.
Are you citing your sources? Refresh your memory on what plagiarism is here.
Not sure whether you've plagiarized? Use this resource to determine the answer.
Not sure whether you've plagiarized? Use this resource to determine the answer.
Tips for using EasyBib for citations:
- Select the right format - if you don't see it, use All 59 Options to find the appropriate format (listed A-Z).
- Don't assume the EasyBib information as correct, review it and make any needed changes or additions.
- Make sure you cite each source that provided you with useful information - books, websites, videos - everything!
- When citing a database, copy the provided citation below the database article and paste using the EasyBib Write/Paste Citation tool under "Other" from All 59 Options. The formatting with paste properly.