Black History :
The Civil Rights Movement

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
Civil Rights -- United States
African American - Civil Rights
Minorities -- Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Social Justice
Also, specific topics such as: School Integration, Montgomery Bus Boycott, etc.

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
973 (History) or 323.1 (Civil Rights) or Biographies

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:

  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    The Civil Rights Movement - 323.1 DUN
    Free at last? - 323.1 POW
    The Civil Rights Movement - 323.1196 PAT
    Lay Bare the Heart : An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement - 323.4 FAR
    Brown v. Board of Education - 344.73 TAC
    The Path to Equality - 973.049 HIN
    U.S.A. - The Sixties -973.92 USA
    The Autobiography of Rosa Parks : My Story - B PAR
    Standing Fast : The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins - B WIL

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    Grolier Library of North American Biographies: Vol 1,6 – REF 973.092
    20th Century America: Vol 5,6 - REF 973.921 TWE
    The 20th Century – REF 909.82 TWE
    America in the 20th Century Vol 6,7 – REF 973.9 AME

    Online Databases -
    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    Greensboro sit-ins : Launch of a Civil Rights Movement - http://www.sitins.com

    The Dream is Alive - http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/civilrts/dream.htm

    The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - http://pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 - http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_votingrights_contents.htm

    Different Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement http://www.historynow.org/06_2006/historian.html

    Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights

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