ResourcesMartin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech
Primary Source Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From A Birmignham Jail" Primary Source Malcolm X on "Front Page Challenge" (1965) Primary Source John Lewis Recalls Bloody Sunday on Democracy Now! (2005) On the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma Alabama, John Lewis retells his experience of that day and the events leading up to it. 1966 CBS Special News Report: Black Power/White Backlash A news-documentary reporting on the movement during the era itself. Freedom Riders, A PBS Documentary The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called the Freedom Riders who in 1961 creatively challenged segregation in the American South. This American Life "Take A Negro Home" This American Life is a renown award-winning radio documentary series produced by WBEZ-Chicago. This episode focuses on two stories from the Civil Rights Era: one about interracial marriage and the other about economic integration. This American Life "Parental Guidance Suggested" Act One of this episode, titled "Two Possibilities, Both Bad" explores another first hand account of experiencing segregation in 1961 North Carolina. Civil Rights Movement Timeline Provides students with major events in Civil Rights Progress starting with President Truman's Order 9981 to desegregate the military after World War II up until the present. Spark Notes "The Civil Rights Era: 1865-1970" Spark Notes provides great study resources on the Civil Rights Era providing students with very accessible information. |