Doing a research paper on the Civil Rights Movement or a Civil Rights Leader?
King Papers Project and the Liberation Curriculum
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/
The King Papers Project is the most extensive collection of Dr. King's writings, speeches and sermons. Thousands of documents have been made available online! For doing research
on Dr. King, social justice and human rights, go to this site!
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/index.html
This site covers SNCC from its birth in 1960 until 1966, when John Lewis was replaced by
Stokely Carmichael as chairman. The site offers background information on major events
such as the sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, biographies of SNCC members and an extensive timeline.
Sovereignty Commission Website
http://mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/index.html
The Commission investigators toured the state of Mississippi and compiled reports on
civil rights activists. Here you can search for names of Mississippians who were involved in civil rights during the movement and examine the information collected. If you are covering the Bill of Rights in your government class this could turn into a thought provoking project. Try searching “Medgar Evers” or “Vernon Dahmer”.
Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
These pages were created in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in observance of Martin
Luther King Day, 1996. They are an ongoing project supported by students at Western Michigan University's Department of Political Science. The timeline including photos and images is
great tool for reviewing the major events of the movement or a resource for a research paper.
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Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov
Here you can find 100 historical documents, from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) to Executive Order 10730 that integrated Central High in 1957, in their original form as well as word-processed.
For your research papers and class project in your US History class this site is an incredible resource.
Don’t forget the resources available through the museums we visit during the 10 day
journey.
The King Center
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
http://bcri.bham.al.us/
The National Voting Rights Museum & Institute
http://www.selmaalabama.com/nvrm.htm
National Civil Rights Museum: Lorraine Motel
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
Central High School Museum
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/index.htm
