Biographies
The Dead Are Arising by Call Number: BP223.Z8 L57655 2020ISBN: 9781631491665Publication Date: 2020-10-20
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Call Number: BP223.Z8L57943 1973 FEENEY COLL.ISBN: 0345350685Publication Date: 1987-10-12
Fannie Lou Hamer by Call Number: E185.97.H35 B73 2011ISBN: 9780786460304Publication Date: 2011-02-23
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers by Call Number: onlineISBN: 1283094363Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and Thereafter by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0761863192Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: E185.97.R93L49 2000ISBN: 9780813527185Publication Date: 1999-11-01
March by Call Number: E840.8.L43 A3 2013 GRAPHIC NOVELSISBN: 9780606324366Publication Date: 2013-08-13
Histories
To Redeem the Soul of America by Call Number: E185.61.F17 1987ISBN: 9780820308982Publication Date: 1987-05-01
Many Minds, One Heart by Call Number: E185.61.H693 2007ISBN: 9780807830741Publication Date: 2007-04-09
The Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: E185.61.K347 1996ISBN: 9780789201232Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers by Call Number: E185.615 .V63 2017ISBN: 9780813054322Publication Date: 2017-03-30
Children of the Movement: the Sons and Daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. , Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, and Others Reveal How the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1306037492Publication Date: 2007-01-01
To Redeem the Soul of America by Call Number: E185.61.F17 1987ISBN: 0820308986Publication Date: 1987-05-01
Bearing the Cross by Call Number: E185.97.K5G36 1988 FEENEY COLL.ISBN: 0394756231Publication Date: 1987-12-12
Martin Luther King : The Civil Rights Movement and the Fight Against Segregation by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9782806293442Publication Date: 2017-03-01- From race riot to sit-in, 1919 and the 1960s; a study in the connections between conflict and violence byCall Number: E185.61.W24Publication Date: 1966
Examining Tuskegee by Call Number: R853.H8 R48 2009 FEENEY COLL.ISBN: 9780807833100Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Civil Rights Crossroads by Call Number: E185.615.L375 2003ISBN: 9780813122878Publication Date: 2003-11-28
Historical Works
Martin Luther King, Jr. : the Last Interview by Call Number: E185.97.K5 A3 2016ISBN: 9781612196169Publication Date: 2017-01-03
Historic Recordings
Documentaries
Documents
- Brown v. Board of Education, 1954Considered by many the Supreme Court case that would launch the Civil Rights Movement, Brown v. Board of Ed overturned the 1896 Plessy decision as the Court recognized the fiction of "seperate but equal" for what it was and ruled that seperate by its nature must be inherently unequal; thus paving the way for the end of legal segregation in the United States.
- Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School, 1957This is the executive order signed by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower which sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR to maintain order in the city during the integration of Central High School by the Little Rock nine. The move was in response to actions by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus who had called out the National Guard to prevent this integration effort.
- Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963Penned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on April 16, 1973, this open letter has gone down as one of the foundational texts of the Civil Rights Movement in which Dr. King lays the case for a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and take direct action rather than wait for change to come from above.
- Message to the Grass Roots, 1963This Speech, given by Malcolm X on November 10, 1963 when he was still the spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, though many believe that signs of his eventual split in March of 1964 can be seen in this speech. The speech presented Malcolm X's criticisms of the Civil Rights Movement and made the case for a more militant struggle.
- Civil Rights Act, 1964Simultaneously a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement and a turning point in the struggle for Black liberation more generally, the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination in public places based on protected categories, provided for integration of schools and public facilities, and outlawed employment discrimination.
- Voting Rights Act, 1965Considered by many to be a high point of the Civil Rights Movement, and a turning point for Black liberation struggles more broadly, the Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory voting requirements that had been implemented in many southern states to prevent the Black population from voting. Recent Supreme Court rulings, most notably Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. DNC, have significantly weakened the VRA leading to calls for new legislation.
Resources
- SNCC LegacyVideo of the proceedings of a 4 day conference and reunion on the 50th anniversary of SNCC. Includes addresses, panel discussions, and programs.
- National Archives: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeResearch records on SNCC digitized by the National Archives
- National Archives: Black Americans and the VoteNational Archive records on the history of the struggle for Black Americans to win and maintain the vote
- LoC: Brown v. Board of EducationA Library of Congress resource guide to resources related to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case
- LoC: Rosa ParksA Library of Congress guide to resources concerning Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks
- LoC: Shirley ChisholmA Library of Congress guide to resources on Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black person to seek a major party's nomination for President