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Norwalk ESOL The Civil Rights Movement 1950's & 1960's

Databases for Civil Rights Research

Use these recommended databases to find articles, newspapers, and videos about the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
These resources are trustworthy and made for students.

Recommended Keywords

  • Civil Rights Movement

  • segregation

  • desegregation

  • integration

  • discrimination

  • Jim Crow laws

  • nonviolent protest

  • civil disobedience

  • voting rights

  • equal rights

Key People

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Rosa Parks

  • Malcolm X

  • Thurgood Marshall

  • Medgar Evers

Key Events

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956)

  • Little Rock Nine (1957)

  • Freedom Rides (1961)

  • March on Washington (1963)

  • Selma to Montgomery March (1965, “Bloody Sunday”)

Important Laws

  • Civil Rights Act (1964)

  • Voting Rights Act (1965)

  • Fair Housing Act (1968)