Focus on Black History and Civil Rights

Websites recommended by Kate Houston Mitchoff

in the Oct. 2004 School Library Journal (p. 71-72.)

ACLU’s Racial Justice Page (“educates and advocates for racial equality by presenting current legislative and political actions surrounding affirmative action, racial profiling, education, drug policy, fair housing, minority voting rights.”: http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEqualityMain.cfm

Multnomah County’s Civil Rights Resource Guide (“This Web site is a growing collection of education resources that provides Civil Rights & 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education materials for students and teachers.”)  Listed as grades 3 and up.http://www.multcolib.org/homework/civilrights/

Text of the Brown v. Bd. of Ed Ruling and audio. From the History Channel. http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive/speech_410.html

Oh Freedom Over Me.  Slide show with audio from Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi.  http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/

Study Plessy v. Ferguson with the Library of Congress’ American Memory website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may18.html

Brown v. Board presented by the American School Board Association.  http://www.asbj.com/BrownvBoard/

Brown v. Board presented by the Smithsonian Institution:

http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html

Historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement presented by the National Park Service: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

Recommended in the Fall 2004 Curriculum Connections:

ORAU/Diversity/EEO Council: Celebrating Black History Month: http://www.orau.gov/eeo/bhm/99bhm/bhmfacts.htm

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