CIVIL RIGHTS & POWER
EMMETT TILL PROJECT
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
The Emmett Till Project (ETP) is digital platform commemorating the legacy of the murder of Emmett Louis Till by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
Searching through America's past for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual legacy: photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
MLK JR INSTITUTE
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
MLK JR INSTITUTE
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University assembles and disseminates to various worldwide audiences comprehensive resources about King’s life and the movements he inspired.
TEACH ML KING JR
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
MLK JR INSTITUTE
This website from Western Michigan University is dedicated to helping teachers continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by addressing civil rights, inequality, racism, poverty and world peace in their curricula.
OH FREEDOM
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
Drawing connections among art, history, and social change, Oh Freedom! provides educators with tools to help students re-imagine and re-interpret the long struggle for civil rights, justice, and equality in fresh ways.
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
SAY IT PLAIN . . . .SAY IT LOUD
Spanning the 20th century, this collection produced by American Radio Works is a vivid account of how African Americans sounded the charge against racial injustice, exhorting the country to live up to its democratic principles.
RACIAL INJUSTICE TIMELINE
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
RACIAL INJUSTICE TIMELINE
A timeline of racial injustice in the United States from 1619 to the present on the Equal Justice Initiative's website.
MASSIVE RESISTANCE
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
RACIAL INJUSTICE TIMELINE
Millions of white parents nationwide responded to court ordered school integration by voting to close and defund public schools, transferring their children to private, white-only schools, and harassing and violently attacking black students.
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
African American participation in the American political system reaches back to the 1700s. This interactive site from the NYPL's Schomburg Center in Harlem provides essays, images, audio, video and lesson resources on Black Political Participation in the past and present.
MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN
MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN
BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Malcolm X: Make It Plain is a 1994, English language documentary by PBS about the life of Malcolm X, or El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The documentary was narrated by Alfre Woodard, produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell,
THE BLACK PANTHERS
MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN
THE BLACK PANTHERS
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people.
BLACK POWER AT 50
MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN
THE BLACK PANTHERS
NYPL's Schomburg Center in Harlem online exhibit "Black Power 50” is an examination into the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement in two parts; Black Power and Ready for the Revolution.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television that covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985 You may need to register to access the educator resources on this FACING HISTORY website.
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
In A Time for Justice, (38 minutes) captures the spirit of the civil rights movement through historical footage and the voices of those who participated in the struggle.
STOKLEY CARMICHAEL
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
BLACK POWER MIXTAPE
Stokely Carmichael marched with Martin Luther King Jr., campaigned for voting rights and against Vietnam, was a Pan-African revolutionary and coined the term "Black Power."
BLACK POWER MIXTAPE
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
BLACK POWER MIXTAPE
The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 is a 2011 documentary film, directed by Göran Olsson, that examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in American society from 1967 to 1975.
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
This four-hour series embarks on a journey through the last fifty years of African American history.
GLOBAL NON-VIOLENCE
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK
The Global Nonviolent Action Database includes brief accounts of nonviolent action campaigns from more than 200 countries. Initiated by George Lakey, it has been set up through Swarthmore College
U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL
U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL
U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL
The Global Nonviolent Action Database includes brief accounts of nonviolent action campaigns from more than 200 countries. Initiated by George Lakey, it has been set up through Swarthmore College