Civil+Rights

Introduction:
When the term "Civil Rights" is mentioned many events and people are brought to mind. The famous Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are just to name a few. The Civil Rights movement was greater then that; there were many more events that took place and many more people who took part in movement - events and people who without reminder may be lost in their importance to our history. The historic Children's March where young people in Alabama took the fight into their own hands to the horrific lynching of Emmet Till are just some examples. This collection focuses on the Civil Rights era and the events and people that surrounded it. It also brings light onto issues of our civil liberties today and some of the liberties we may be in danger of losing.

**Questions for Inquiry:**
What significant events led to the amendement of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? How did peaceful protests lead to changes in the Civil Liberties of Americans? How does the Partiot Act effect Civil Liberties today? What landmark cases help to bring about changes in the law? Who were the great leaders and the great opposers in the Civil Rights Movement? What is the job of the Supreme Court in regard to civil rights and liberties?

Keywords:
Civil RIghts, March on Washington, lynch, sit-ins, Ku Klux Klan, non-violent protest, civil disobedience, Congress of Racial Equality, National Urban League, Jim Crow Laws, boycott, voting rights, freedom riders, segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Emmet Till

Subject Headings:
Civil rights Civil rights--Biography Civil rights movement--History--2oth century Civil rights movements--Songs Civil rights movements--Songs and music Civil rights--United States--History Civil rights workeres Human rights--United States--History King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Dewey Decimal Classification(s):
305-Social Groups 323-Civil and political rights 342-Constitutional and administrative law 344-Social, labor, welfare, and related law 347-Civil procedure and courts 973 General history of North America United States

Key Books:
Contains over two hundred entries that provide information about the history, meaning, and application of civil rights issues in the U. S., covering people, places, events, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from Ralph Abernathy to Equal Protection Clause. Contains approximately three hundred entries that provide information about the history, meaning, and application of civil rights issues in the U.S.; arranged alphabetically from Equal Rights Amendment to Presidency, U.S.
 * CCD R 323.1 ENC**
 * __The encyclopedia of civil rights in America.__** **1998 library reference ed. Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c1998.**
 * CCD R 323.1 ENC**
 * __The encyclopedia of civil rights in America.__** **1998 library reference ed. Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c1998.**

Bullard, Sara. __Free at last : a history of the Civil Rights Movement and those who died in the struggle.__ New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.** An illustrated history of the civil rights movement, including a timeline and profiles of forty people who gave their lives in the movement.
 * CCD 323.1 BUL

Finlayson, Reggie. __We shall overcome : the history of the American civil rights movement.__ Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, c2003.** Uses the words of spirituals and other music of the time to frame a discussion of the civil rights movement in the United States, focusing on specific people, incidents, and court cases.
 * CCD 323.1 FIN

Reference:
Contains articles that provide information about people, places, events, organizations, and movements related to Civil Rights in the United States; arranged alphabetically from Ralph Abernathy to William Kuntsler; and includes a copy of the Bill of Rights. Contains articles that provide information about people, places, events, organizations, and movements related to Civil Rights in the United States, arranged alphabetically from the labor movement to Zoot Suit Riots; and includes a cumulative index. Contains chronologically arranged entries that examine the first eight amendments to the Constitution of the United States, examining the background of each amendment, ratification facts, and related court cases; and includes a general discussion of the amendment process. Contains chronologically arranged entries that examine amendments nine through seventeen to the Constitution of the United States, examining the background of each amendment, ratification facts, and related court cases. Contains chronologically arranged entries that examine amendments eighteen through twenty-seven to the Constitution of the United States, examining the background of each amendment, ratification facts, and related court cases; and includes a look at amendments that were not ratified, as well as a comprehensive index. Covers over forty notable trials that occurred around the world, including the Dred Scott, Chicago Seven, and Rodney King cases. Covers thirty-nine notable trials that occurred around the world, including the Oliver North, O.J. Simpson, and Angela Davis cases. Covers forty notable trials that occurred around the world, including the Salem witchcraft, Nuremberg, and Nelson Mandela cases. A guide to the various issues related to hate crimes that provides students with the resources necessary to define, understand, and research the topic.
 * CCD R 323 CIV**
 * __Civil rights in the United States.__** **New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.**
 * CCD R 323 CIV**
 * __Civil rights in the United States.__** **New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.**
 * CCD R 342.73 PEN**
 * Pendergast, Tom. __Constitutional amendments. : from freedom of speech to flag burning.__ Detroit : UXL, c2001.**
 * CCD R 342.73 PEN**
 * Pendergast, Tom. __Constitutional amendments. : from freedom of speech to flag burning.__ Detroit : UXL, c2001.**
 * CCD R 342.73 PEN**
 * Pendergast, Tom. __Constitutional amendments. : from freedom of speech to flag burning.__ Detroit : UXL, c2001.**
 * CCD R 347 COU**
 * __Courtroom drama. : 120 of the world's most notable trials.__** **Detroit : UXL, c1998.**
 * CCD R 347 COU**
 * __Courtroom drama. : 120 of the world's most notable trials.__** **Detroit : UXL, c1998.**
 * CCD R 347 COU**
 * __Courtroom drama. : 120 of the world's most notable trials.__** **Detroit : UXL, c1998.**
 * CCD R 364.15 STR**
 * Streissguth, Thomas, 1958-. __Hate crimes.__ New York : Facts On File, c2003.**

Non-fiction:
__**Social justice : opposing viewpoints.**__ **Detroit : Greenhaven Press :, c2005.** Presents a collection of essays that examine opposing views on the issue of social justice, including information on economic, racial, and gender inequality. Shows how to act on your beliefs, no matter what they are, and make a difference. __**Ethnic violence.**__ **San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2000.** Places ethnic violence in a historical perspective and discusses causes and cures for it. __**The lynching of Emmett Till : a documentary narrative.**__ **Charlottesville, [Va.] : University of Virginia Press, 2002.** Contains newspaper articles, editorials, poems, songs, interviews, essays, and memoirs that shed light on the relationship between memory and history through an examination of the case of Emmett Till, an African-American teen who was murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman. Explores the experiences of white southerners during the civil rights movement, discussing how the era impacted middle- and working-class whites in the South during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s and challenged the beliefs they had grown up with. __**Civil liberties and war.**__ **Detroit : Greenhaven Press :, c2006.** Presents a collection of essays and political cartoons that addresses the issues of civil liberties and war, and discusses the war on terrorism as well as the war in Iraq. Explores how Richard Nixon's administration redirected the course of civil rights in the United States and examines a variety of civil rights issues, including school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses. Provides portraits and cameos of over sixty women who were influential in the Civil Rights Movement, and argues that the political activity of women has been the driving force in major reform movements throughout history. Civil liberties and 9/11 -- What are civil liberties? -- Freedom of speech -- Religious freedoms and the right to assembly -- The right to bear arms -- The right to privacy -- An equitable and changing balance. Examines a number of issues associated with the controversial subject of civil liberties, and describes the challenges faced by the government as they attempt to safeguard the lives, property, and privacy of its citizens. Introduction -- Systems of injustice -- Women and injustice -- The right of expression -- Children's rights -- Persecution of minorities. Describes the treatment of criminals, prisoners, and ordinary citizens in Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Israel, and others, and provides an annotated further reading list. Introduction : liberty vs. security : a necessary trade-off? -- History of civil liberties during wartime -- Patriotism and the first amendment -- Government surveillance and the right to privacy -- The patriot act and the fourth amendment -- Discrimination against minorities and immigrants -- Treatment of suspected terrorists. Explores the history of civil liberties during wartime, discusses measures that were put into effect in an effort to protect the American public in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and considers whether governmental restrictions or intrusions in the area of civil liberties are justified. Explores the role of women in the civil rights movements, highlighting the accomplishments of selected women, and includes quotations and photographs. __**Civil rights movement, 1954-1968 : we shall overcome, someday.**__ **Carlise, MA : Discovery Enterprises, 1998.** Presents key aspects of the civil rights movement and discusses how the events of the movement impacted society. A photographic history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 through 1968, with narratives of crucial events in the movement complemented by pictures of the subject. Includes a chronology and suggestions for additional reading. __**Native American rights.**__ **San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998.** Essays and articles review different perspectives on Native American civil rights, discusses restrictions on sovereignty, the use of tribal resources, and evaluates the threats posed to Native American culture. A collection of first-hand accounts in which volunteers recount the experiences they had during the civil rights movement. __**Reporting civil rights.**__ **New York : Library of America :, c2003.** Presents over one hundred newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts that chronicle the Civil Rights movement from 1941 to 1963, and includes a chronology, journalist biographies, and photographs. __**Reporting civil rights.**__ **New York : Library of America :, c2003.** Presents nearly ninety newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts that chronicle the Civil Rights movement from 1963 to 1973, and includes a chronology, journalist biographies, and photographs. Chronicles the experiences of a group of Jewish women who put their lives on the line to fight racism in the South in the 1960s. Presents a comprehensive study of the struggle for Latin civil rights in the United States, and discusses discrimination in the workplace, education, and within the community as well as immigration reform. Presents an account of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom which took place on August 28, 1963, examines events that inspired the march, and discusses the history of the civil rights movement. Discusses the background against which the Americans with Disabilities Act was formed. Photos, historic illustrations and newspaper headlines describe the fight for civil rights, from colonial times to the present. Describes the events between the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling against segregated schools and the approval of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. __**Affirmative action : a documentary history.**__ **Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2001.** A collection of four hundred documents which trace the history and development of affirmative action, explore how race, gender, and disability apply to affirmative action, and provide arguments for and against affirmative action. Uses interviews with African-American workers to trace the impact of the packinghouse on race relations, the civil rights movement, and African-American communities throughout the country. __**The Bill of Rights.**__ **San Diego [Calif.] : Greenhaven Press ;, c2003.** Primary and secondary source articles provide information on the Bill of Rights and the various controversies that have surrounded it through the years. Text and illustrations present the Bill of Rights and survey its creation, describing the impetus for it and the fight for its ratification, and providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources. __**The Civil Rights Act of 1964.**__ **San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c2004.** A collection of essays which analyzes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and focuses on segregation, the right to vote, the perspective of George Wallace, the support of President Johnson, and new legislation. Briefly discusses the legal rights of individuals, emphasizing real-life situations in which teenagers may find themselves. Traces the history of the writing of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and examines each amendment's provisions and applications in detail. Freed but equal? -- Background of the Plessy case -- Louisiana's separate car law -- The Supreme Court decides -- Plessy : reaction & impact. Profiles the 1896 Supreme Court trial that tested the constitutionality of laws in the South that enforced racial segregation in train travel, and discusses the impact of the verdict which provided a legal cover for racial discrimination throughout the United States. __**Civil liberties vs. national security in a post-9/11 world.**__ **Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.** Examines how increased security concerns since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have led to security measures that violate Americans' civil liberties, and addresses the debate over whether these violations are neccessary in order to make America safer. Describes several major amendments to the Constitution, the amendment process, and the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. __**What rights should illegal immigrants have?**__ **Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press :, c2006.** Presents a collection of twelve controversial essays that debate issues associated with the rights of illegal immigrants including health care, military service, driving privileges, and in-state college tuition. Introduction -- Students and the Bill of Rights: constitutional rights in school -- Point: Zero tolerance policies instill discipline and increase safety in schools -- Counterpoint: Zero tolerance policies are unfair and deprive students of due process -- Point: Safety concerns must trump Fourth Amendment rights in public schools -- Counterpoint: Students must not lose their Fourth Amendment protections and privacy rights -- Point: School uniforms and dress codes are a constitutional way to Improve Education -- Counterpoint: Mandatory uniform and dress code policies are unconstitutional restrictions on individual liberty -- The future of student rights. Contains articles that provide opposing viewpoints on whether measures enacted to ensure safe learning environments in schools are violating the civil rights of students. Both sides of the Supreme Court case over student drug testing are presented, as well as information on how students can conduct their own mock judicial proceeding. A momentous decision -- Segregation -- Plessy -- NAACP -- Legal victories -- Topeka -- Assailing segregation -- Justice Warren's decisions -- "All deliberate speed" -- Timeline. Examines the 1954 Supreme Court decision of "Brown vs. Board of Education" that ended segregation in U.S. public schools, discusses events that led to the case being brought before the Court, and looks at how school districts responded to the ruling. The Constitution and the courts of the United States -- The heart and soul of the Constitution : freedom of expression -- All the news fit to print at school : freedom of the student press -- Public schools and religion under the Constitution -- The Fourth Amendment : searches of students and their belongings -- Discipline and punishment : due process and the Eighth Amendment -- Equal protection : drawing lines by race, wealth, gender, citizenship, and sexual orientation -- Harassment in the halls : sexual harassment and bullying at school -- The health of the student body : disability, privacy, pregnancy, and sexuality. Presents information about the U.S. Constitution and courts, and features studies of a selection of cases brought before the Supreme Court that explore some of the problems facing young Americans, including freedom of expression, freedom of the student press, the right to privacy, due process, and others. __**Students' rights.**__ **Detroit : Greenhaven Press :, c2005.** Presents a collection of twenty-five essays that address the controversial issues of student's rights, and discusses school policies in regard to free expression of speech and when that expression becomes inappropriate. Provides a historical overview of the case that desegregated public education in the United States. Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try to defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers. Discusses the trial Miranda v. Arizona, including the crime, the state appeal, the Supreme Court decision, and its lasting effects. Recounts the events surrounding the 1969 student walkout at Crystal City, Texas, High School, and explores how the walkout helped launch the political career of Severita Lara. Traces the life, accomplishments, and legacy of the civil rights attorney who became a prominent Supreme Court Justice. Biography of A. Philip Randolph, famous for helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. A biography of Bayard Rustin, discussing his role as a leading activist in the civil rights movement from the 1940s through the 1980s, and examining the personal struggles he faced as a gay, African-American man. Chronicles the political career of Carl B. Stokes, the first elected African-American mayor of a major U.S. city, focusing on his role in the civil rights movement.
 * CCD 305 SOC**
 * CCD 305.235 HAL**
 * Halpin, Mikki. __It's your world--if you don't like it, change it : activism for teenagers.__ Simon Pulse, c2004.**
 * CCD 305.8 ETH**
 * CCD 305.8 LYN**
 * CCD 305.8 SOK**
 * Sokol, Jason. __There goes my everything : white Southerners in the age of civil rights, 1945-1975.__ 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2006.**
 * CCD 323 CIV**
 * CCD 323 KOT**
 * Kotlowski, Dean J. __Nixon's civil rights : politics, principle, and policy.__ Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.**
 * CCD 323 OLS**
 * Olson, Lynne. __Freedom's daughters : the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970.__ New York : Scribner, c2001.**
 * CCD 323 SPA**
 * Spangenburg, Ray, 1939-. __Civil liberties.__ New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2006.**
 * CCD 323 STE**
 * Stewart, Gail, 1949-. __Human rights in the Middle East.__ Detroit : Lucent Books :, c2005.**
 * CCD 323 TOR**
 * Torr, James D., 1974-. __Civil liberties and the war on terrorism.__ San Diego : Lucent Books ;, c2004.**
 * CCD 323.082 OSB**
 * Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949-. __Women of the civil rights movement.__ San Francisco : Pomegranate ;, c2006.**
 * CCD 323.1 CIV**
 * CCD 323.1 KAS**
 * Kasher, Steven. __The civil rights movement : a photographic history, 1954-68.__ 1st pbk. ed. New York : Abbeville Press, 2000, c1996.**
 * CCD 323.1 NAT**
 * CCD 323.1 REA**
 * Reavis, Dick J. __If white kids die : [memories of a civil rights movement volunteer].__ 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2001.**
 * CCD 323.1 REP**
 * CCD 323.1 REP**
 * CCD 323.1 SCH**
 * Schultz, Debra L. __Going South : Jewish women in the civil rights movement.__ New York : New York University Press, c2001.**
 * CCD 323.1168 HUN**
 * Hunter, Miranda, 1977-. __The story of Latino civil rights : fighting for justice.__ Philadelphia, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006.**
 * CCD 323.1196 ING**
 * Ingram, Scott. __The 1963 civil rights march.__ Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2005.**
 * CCD 323.3 SHA**
 * Shapiro, Joseph P. __No pity : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement.__ New York : Times Books, c1994.**
 * CCD 323.4 HAS**
 * Haskins, James, 1941-. __The day Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot : a photo history of the civil rights movement.__ New York : Scholastic, c1992.**
 * CCD 323.4 WIL**
 * Williams, Juan. __Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965.__ New York : Penguin, 1988, c1987.**
 * CCD 331.13 AFF**
 * CCD 331.6 HAL**
 * Halpern, Rick. __Meatpackers : an oral history of Black packinghouse workers and their struggle for racial and economic equality.__ New York : Twayne Publishers ;, c1996.**
 * CCD 342.73 BIL**
 * CCD 342.73 BUR**
 * Burgan, Michael. __The Bill of Rights.__ Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.**
 * CCD 342.73 CIV**
 * CCD 342.73 FOX**
 * Fox, Ken, 1944-. __Everything you need to know about your legal rights.__ Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, c1999.**
 * CCD 342.73 HUD**
 * Hudson, David (David L.), 1969-. __The Bill of Rights : the first ten amendments of the Constitution.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2002.**
 * CCD 342.7308 AAS**
 * Aaseng, Nathan. __Plessy v. Ferguson : separate but equal.__ San Diego, Calif. : Lucent Books, 2003.**
 * CCD 342.7308 CIV**
 * CCD 342.7308 HOR**
 * Horn, Geoffrey M. __The Bill of Rights and other amendments.__ Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2004.**
 * CCD 342.7308 WHA**
 * CCD 344.73 HUD**
 * Hudson, David (David L.), 1969-. __Rights of students.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2004.**
 * CCD 344.73 KOW**
 * Kowalski, Kathiann M., 1955-. __The Earls case and the student drug testing debate : debating Supreme Court decisions.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2006.**
 * CCD 344.73 PIE**
 * Pierce, Alan, 1966-. __Brown v. Board of Education.__ Edina, Minn. : ABDO & Daughters, c2005.**
 * CCD 344.73 RAS**
 * Raskin, Jamin B. __We the students : Supreme Court decisions for and about students.__ 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2003.**
 * CCD 344.73 STU**
 * CCD 344.73 TAC**
 * Tackach, James. __Brown v. Board of Education.__ San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1998.**
 * CCD 345.73 FIR**
 * Fireside, Harvey. __The "Mississippi Burning" civil rights murder conspiracy trial : a headline court case.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002.**
 * CCD 345.73 HOG**
 * Hogrogian, John G. __Miranda v. Arizona.__ San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1999.**
 * CCD B LAR**
 * Gutiérrez, José Angel. __We won't back down : Severita Lara's rise from student leader to mayor.__ Houston, Tex. : Pinata Books, c2005.**
 * CCD B MAR**
 * Rowh, Mark. __Thurgood Marshall : civil rights attorney and Supreme Court justice.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2002.**
 * CCD B RAN**
 * Reef, Catherine. __A. Philip Randolph : union leader and civil rights crusader.__ Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2001.**
 * CCD B RUS**
 * Levine, Daniel, 1934-. __Bayard Rustin and the civil rights movement.__ New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2000.**
 * CCD B STO**
 * Moore, Leonard N. (Leonard Nathaniel). __Carl B. Stokes and the rise of Black political power.__ Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, c2002.**

Fiction:
A fictionalized account of the 1918 torture and murder of an African-American man in a small Tennessee town that explores how the murder impacted racial relations in both the town and the nation. A 110-year-old African-American woman reminisces about her life, which has stretched from the days of slavery to the black militancy and civil rights movements of the 1960s. A minister and civil rights leader in a small, rural African-American community is suddenly confronted with events from his past that threaten to destroy the life he has built. In Clanton, Mississippi, the life of a ten-year-old is shattered by two drunken and remorseless men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhumane crime, until her African-American father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands. The story of American slavery and Uncle Tom, a Black man who never lost his dignity under the most inhumane circumstances.
 * CCD F DYJ**
 * Dyja, Tom. __The moon in our hands.__ 1st Carroll & Graf ed. New York : Carroll & Graf ;, 2005.**
 * CCD F GAI**
 * Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-. __The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.__ New York : Bantam, 1972, c1971.**
 * CCD F GAI**
 * Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-. __In my father's house.__ 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1992.**
 * CCD F GRI**
 * Grisham, John. __A time to kill.__ New York : Doubleday, [1993].**
 * CCD F STO**
 * Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. __La cabaña del tío Tom.__ Madrid : Gaviota, [2001].**

Databases:
http://www.civilrights.org Resource for current news, events, reports and organizations. Also includes information on hate crimes and affirmative action.
 * Leadership COnference on Civil Rights**

http://www.usccr.gov The U.S. Commission on **Civil** **Rights** studies, analyzes, and reports on **civil** **rights** issues in the United States. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/MASC/xcivilrights.html In February of 2001, the //Spokesman-Review// produced a month long series of articles on black history titled "Through Spokane's Eyes Moments in Black History," focusing in particular on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. As part of that series, Rebecca Nappi conducted a series of interviews with individuals with ties to both the civil rights movement and to Spokane.
 * U.S. Commission on Civil Rights**
 * Civil Liberties Oral Interviews**

http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/ A collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in selected case categories across the United States. Currently, the categories include: Child Welfare, Disability Rights, Education, Election/Voting Rights, Equal Employment, Fair Housing, Immigration, Jail Conditions, Juvenile Institution, Mental Health Facility, Mental Retardation Facility, Nursing Home Conditions, Other Criminal Justice, Police Non-Profiling, Police Profiling, Prison Conditions, Public Defenders, Public Housing, School Desegregation.
 * The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse**

Web Sites:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkkk.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
 * Brown vs. Board of Education** http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
 * Ku Klux Klan**
 * The Murder of Emmett Till**

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm
 * Rosa Parks**
 * Martin Luther King Jr.**
 * Civil Rights Act of 1964**

http://www.freedomridersfoundation.org/brief.history.html
 * The Freedom Riders**

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
 * Pictures of the Civil Rights Movement by Kodak**

http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/index.html
 * Civil Rights 101**

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/civilrights/index.html
 * Civil Rights Resource Guide**

Videos/DVDs:
Presents highlights from four speeches made by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., from 1963 through 1968, including his "I Have A Dream" address. Host, Jeff Fahey ; narrator, Alphonse Keasley. Describes the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century seeds and creation of the U.S. Constitution and chronicles its impact on the U.S. over the next more than two hundred years, discussing its amendments, explaining how it protects Americans from abuse of power, and exploring how it has empowered citizens to achieve greatness in the arts, science, and technology. Narrated by Andre Braugher. Examines the death of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy from Chicago murdered by two white men in August 1955 after he reportedly whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store, and discusses the killing's impact as a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Narrated by Hector Elizondo (2), Zachary Drake (3), Jeffrey White (4), Martin Sheen (5), Terry Kinney (6), John Scherlis (7), Campbell Scott (8), Joe Morton (10). Features ten documentaries on major events in American history including the Pequot War, Shay's Rebellion, the California gold rush, the Battle of Antietam, the assassination of William McKinley, the Scopes trial, and the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard. A fictionalized retelling of the 1839 Supreme Court case involving fifty-three slaves who were captured in Connecticut after taking over the Spanish slave ship "Amistad.". Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Willard Pugh, Whoopi Goldberg. The story of Celie, a poor black woman from the South whose friendship with two women helps her to overcome the brutality she has experienced at the hands of her father and husband. Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate. For two days in Los Angeles, a racially and economically diverse group of people pursue lives that collide with one another in unexpected ways. Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, James McDaniel, Debi Mazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Veronica Webb, Karen Duffy, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Plummer, Karen Allen, Nelson Mandela, Ossie Davis, Peter Boyle. The life and times of Malcolm X, who, through his conversion to Islam, overcame his deprived and criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Kevin Dunn. After three civil rights workers are killed in a small Mississippi town in 1964, two FBI agents come to town to work on the case and run into trouble with the local authorities who are members of the Ku Klux Klan.
 * CCD DVD 323 MAR**
 * __Martin Luther King, Jr. : I have a dream.__** **Standard format. Rolling Bay, WA : Nostalgia Company :, c2004.**
 * CCD DVD 342.7302 HIS**
 * __A history of the United States Constitution.__** **Standard format. New York : Ambrose Video, c2005.**
 * CCD DVD 364.1 MUR**
 * __The murder of Emmett Till.__** **Widescreen format. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2004, c2003.**
 * CCD DVD 973 10**
 * __10 days that unexpectedly changed America.__** **Widescreen format. New York : History Channel :, c2006.**
 * CCD DVD F AMI**
 * __Amistad.__** **Widescreen format. Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 1999, c1997.**
 * CCD DVD F COL**
 * __The color purple.__** **Widescreen format; two-disc special ed. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2003, c1985.**
 * CCD DVD F CRA**
 * __Crash.__** **Widescreen format. Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2005, c2004.**
 * CCD DVD F MAL**
 * __Malcolm X.__** **Widescreen format. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2000, c1992.**
 * CCD DVD F MIS**
 * __Mississippi__** **__burning.__** **Widescreen format. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2001, c1988.**

Host, Bill McCreary. Examines racism in United States and takes the form of race hate, religious intolerance, persecution, and violence.
 * CCD VHS 305.8 RAC**
 * __Race, hatred, and violence : searching for solutions.__** **Mount Kisco, NY : Human Relations Media, c1991.**

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:
Social Studies Standards: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysatl/ssstand.html