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Civil Rights Movement

Photos and brief information on the Civil Rights movement from the Gallery of the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee

The Voices of Civil Rights: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times

From Thinkquest

Turbulent Times: the Civil Rights Movement (Clicking on a link turns off the music)

Free at Last - the Civil Rights Movement in the United States - Use the Timeline to link to information on the Civil Rights Movement

Jim Crow Laws - from the Martin Luther King National Historic Site

Rosa Parks: How I fought for Civil Rights -from Scholastic

Breaking Racial Barriers - portraits and biographies of African Americans from the early and mid 1900s from an exhibit by the Harmon Foundation.

In Pursuit of Freedom and Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka from Washburn University

On the Front Line with the Little Rock Nine - from the Public Broadcasting System

Interview with Melba Patillo Beals

Little Rock High School - information from the 40th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine

Music of the Civil Rights Movement - a brief overview of the important part music played during the Civil Rights Movement.