Web Resources about Brown v Board of Education and Civil Right History
By Daniel Golodner
Walter P. Reuther Library
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BROWN v. BOARD ANNIVERSARY WEBSITES |
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| Brown at 50: Fulfilling the Promise- Site hosted by Howard University School of Law. http://www.brownat50.org/ |
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| Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission http://www.brown50commission.org/ |
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| Brown v. Board of Education Matters to All Americans - Site hosted by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. http://www.brownmatters.org/ |
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| Civil Rights Project at Harvard University http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/ |
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| In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- Site hosted by Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research. http://brownvboard.org/ |
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| National Park Service- About the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. http://www.nps.gov/brvb/home.htm |
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FILMS |
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| "The Road to Brown" (video) Excellent documentary which chronicles racial segregation and the legal strategy that led to its downfall. |
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| "They Closed Our Schools" A documentary film about the Prince Edward County, Virginia, school case that was consolidated with the Brown v. Board of Education case. The documentary is due out in late 2004. http://www.mercyseatfilms.com/ |
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| "With All Deliberate Speed" (documentary) Due out in May 2004. http://www.brownvboard.info/ |
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EDUCATIONAL TOOLS |
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| Teaching Tolerance - Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center has published a set of materials for teaching about Brown v. Board of Education, targeted mainly at elementary and secondary school children. It includes commentary and interviews about the meaning of Brown. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/mag/index.jsp?p=0&is=34
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| U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Law and History Kids Page Civil Rights Law and History The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice is responsible for enforcing the civil rights laws passed by the Congress. These pages describe the federal civil rights laws and give examples from history that led to their passage. http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/crtmenu.htm |
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| Constitutional Rights Foundation Constitutional Rights Foundation presents a series of online lessons marking the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision. The story of America's struggle toward equality is complex. But in its ideals, America has stood for the principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. http://www.crf-usa.org/brown50th/brown_v_board.htm |
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| National Archives and Records Administration teaching materials National Archives and Records Administration’s Digital Classroom Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education. The lesson resources include standards correlations, teaching activities, document analysis worksheet, and Brown v. Board of Education timeline. http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/brown_v_board_documents/brown_v_board.html |
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| Brown v. Board from Street Law http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/suggestions.html |
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| Mosaic America through Literary Art: The Civil Rights Movement via African Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans- From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. There are several specific lesson plans on this site. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/1993/4/93.04.05.x.html |
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| Teaching Brown: Reflections on Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities- From the History of Education Quarterly. This includes a teacher’s resource guide to preparing curriculum material. http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/educ/brown/ |
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| Major Features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Overview of the 1964 Civil Rights Act along with a comprehensive case history of the act. www.congresslink.org/civil/essay.html# |
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ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS |
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| Civil Rights in Mississippi: Digital Archives http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/ |
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| Civil Rights Movement Veterans http://www.crmvet.org/ |
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| Greensboro Sit-ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement http://www.sitins.com/ |
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| National Civil Rights Museum The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) was opened in 1991 at the site of the Lorraine Motel in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The Museum exists to assist the public in understanding the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact and influence on the human rights movement worldwide. www.civilrightsmuseum.org |
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| National Voting Rights Museum and Institute Survivors of America’s “Bloody Sunday” massacre founded the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma, Alabama to honor the courage of civil rights supporters who endured hatred and violence and died to gain the right to vote for Black Americans. www.voterights.org |
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| I AM A MAN Exhibit Honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike. http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/ex/man/1intro.htm |
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OTHER RESOURCES |
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| Reporting Civil Rights: Civil Rights Resources Reporting Civil Rights collects the work of the journalists who told the story of the Civil Rights Movement, and provides links to web sites, organizations, libraries, and archives related to other aspects of the Civil Rights Movement. www.reportingcivilrights.org/resources |
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| American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Resources page The AAAS Science and Human Rights Program was established in 1977 to give scientists a way to help their colleagues around the world whose human rights are threatened or violated. This site provides a directory of human rights resources on the Internet. http://shr.aaas.org/dhr/ |
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| Sojourn to the Past The inspiration of a high school teacher who takes young people into the Deep South and walks the freedom trail blazed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. www.sojournproject.org/ |
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| African American Labor History http://www.afscme.org/about/aframlink.htm |
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| Civilrightsteaching.org Web Resources for Teaching about the Civil Rights Movement http://www.civilrightsteaching.org/links.htm |
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ORAL HISTORIES |
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| The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968- From South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/1968/ |
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| University of Southern Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project http://www.usm.edu/crdp/ |
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| Voices of Civil Rights- From AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html |
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