Ella Josephine Baker
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Brief biography of Ella Josephine Baker, 1903–1986, activist and civil rights organizer.
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SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC’s Speech Delivered by John Lewis at the March on Washington
Film clip. Voices of a People's History.
SNCC's original speech to be delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by John Lewis.
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SNCC's original speech to be delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by John Lewis.
Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
Book — Non-fiction. By Cynthia Griggs Fleming. 1998. 228 pages.
Biography of Civil Rights Movement activist Ruby Doris Smith Robinson.
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Biography of Civil Rights Movement activist Ruby Doris Smith Robinson.
Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic Book
Book — Non-fiction. By Julian Bond and illustrated by T. G. Lewis. 1967. 19 pages.
This "graphic novel" from the 1960s was written to provide a critical analysis of the Vietnam War in an easy to read format.
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This "graphic novel" from the 1960s was written to provide a critical analysis of the Vietnam War in an easy to read format.
Lessons from Freedom Summer: Ordinary People Building Extraordinary Movements
Teaching Guide. Edited by Kathy Emery, Linda Reid Gold and Sylvia Braselmann. Foreword by Howard Zinn. 2008. 456 pages.
Readings and lessons on the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.
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Readings and lessons on the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.
The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954–1990
Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Gerald Gill, Vincent Harding, and Darlene Clark Hine. 1991. 784 pages
Readings to accompany the film, Eyes on the Prize.
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Readings to accompany the film, Eyes on the Prize.
Freedom Summer
Book — Non-fiction. By Bruce Watson. 2010. 384 pages.
A history of Freedom Summer, the pivotal period of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964 Mississippi.
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A history of Freedom Summer, the pivotal period of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964 Mississippi.
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, and Dorothy M. Zellner. 2010. 616 pages.
An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power.
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An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power.
I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle
Book — Non-fiction. By Charles M. Payne. 1995. 506 pages.
A people's history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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A people's history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Letters from Mississippi: Reports from Civil Rights Volunteers and Freedom School Poetry of the 1964 Freedom Summer
Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez. Introduction by Julian Bond. 2007.
Letters and poetry from Civil Rights Movement volunteers in the summer of 1964.
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Letters and poetry from Civil Rights Movement volunteers in the summer of 1964.
Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Book — Non-fiction. By John Dittmer. 1995. 560 pages.
A detailed, grassroots description of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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A detailed, grassroots description of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America
Book — Non-fiction. By Wesley C. Hogan. 2009. 463 pages.
An innovative study of what the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) accomplished and, more importantly, how it fostered significant social change in such a short time.
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An innovative study of what the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) accomplished and, more importantly, how it fostered significant social change in such a short time.
On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail
Book — Non-fiction. By Charles E. Cobb, Jr. 2008. 388 pages.
An educational travel guide to historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement.
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An educational travel guide to historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement.
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Book — Non-fiction. By Stokely Carmichael and Ekwueme Michael Thelwell. 2005. 848 pages.
Autobiography of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
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Autobiography of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Teaching Guide and Website. Edited by Deborah Menkart, Alana D. Murray, and Jenice L. View. 2024. 390 pages.
This second edition provides lessons and articles for K–12 educators on how to go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement, with a focus on education, economics, labor, youth, women, and culture.
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This second edition provides lessons and articles for K–12 educators on how to go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement, with a focus on education, economics, labor, youth, women, and culture.
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1985
Film. Produced by Henry Hampton. Blackside. 1987. 360 minutes.
Comprehensive documentary history of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Comprehensive documentary history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Freedom Song
Film. By Phil Alden Robinson. 2006. 117 minutes.
Based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi, during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi, during the Civil Rights Movement.
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders
Film. By Joan Sadoff, Robert Sadoff, and Laura Lipson. 2002. 60 minutes.
Documentary film on women in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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Documentary film on women in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Digital collection. Resources on the Southern Freedom Movement compiled by those who lived it. Includes a bibliography, timelines, photos, primary source documents, and lists of speakers.
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The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement
Book — Non-fiction. By Bob Zellner with Constance Curry. Foreword by Julian Bond. 2008. 351 pages.
Zellner tells how one white Alabamian joined ranks with the Black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the Southern "way of life."
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Zellner tells how one white Alabamian joined ranks with the Black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the Southern "way of life."
May 27, 1972: First African Liberation Day Demonstration on the National Mall
The first African Liberation Day drew some 60,000 demonstrators in cities across the United States and Canada, including one on the National Mall in Washington D. C.
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June 1, 1968: Founding of Drum and Spear Bookstore
Drum and Spear was founded by SNCC organizers in Washington, D.C. The bookstore quickly became a central hub of knowledge to “disseminate information by and about Black people in the African Diaspora.”
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June 6, 1966: James Meredith and the March Against Fear
Air Force veteran James Meredith began the March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi.
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Jan. 19, 1966: Georgia State House Refused to Seat Julian Bond
The Georgia State House of Representatives refused to seat elected state representative Julian Bond due to his public statements against the Vietnam War.
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Jan. 3, 1966: Sammy Younge Jr. Murdered
Samuel Younge Jr., Navy vet, Tuskegee student, activist was killed in Alabama for using a “whites-only” bathroom. SNCC issued a powerful statement about his murder and in opposition to the Vietnam War.
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