| 19. History of Black Firefighters |
| This is a document of research by several individuals compiled in one location about the involvement of slaves and freedmen as well as emancipated blacks in the early history of fire fighting. |
| http://hometown.aol.com/fireriter/index.html |
| 20. Ideas of Black Civil Rights Leaders |
| A short essay comparing the ideas of Civil Rights and African nationalism leaders. |
| http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/civil-rig... |
| 21. Integrating Ole Miss |
| The Kennedy Presidential Library's account of James Meredith, the African-American student whose attempt to register at the University of Mississippi in 1962 provoked violent confrontation. Time lines, biographical profiles, and primary sources. |
| http://www.jfklibrary.org/meredith/ |
| 22. Jim Crow Online |
| The official home of the PBS documentary, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. |
| http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ |
| 23. Juneteenth Worldwide Celebration |
| Website brings together the spirit of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some areas a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings. |
| http://www.juneteenth.com/ |
| 24. Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary |
| Background and history of events during the integration of Central High in 1957. Photos, articles, and news releases are published. Museum and visitor's center information is provided. |
| http://www.centralhigh57.org/ |
| 25. Men and Women in Struggle |
| In memory of the men and women who helped in the struggle to achieve mankind's greatest victories. |
| http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/8443/ |
| 26. Milliken's Bend - Black Soldiers Defeat Confederates |
| Black soldiers vindicated President Abraham Lincoln by defeating Confederate soldiers at Milliken's Bend, in the critical battle for Vicksburg in the Civil War. As a result, most barriers to the enlistment and effective deployment of Colored recruits were eliminated in pursuit of the ultimate Union victory. Most of the Colored infantry had minimal training, were outnumbered and ill-equipped. Nevertheless, in close hand-to-hand combat, they routed the "Rebs" and won respect previously denied by both sides of the conflagration. Site features maps, links, historical articles, discussion group. |
| http://www.millikensbend.org/ |
| 27. Mississippi Civil Rights Documentation Project |
| Funded by the Mississippi state legislature, presentation includes oral history bibliography, oral history transcripts, and civil rights timeline. |
| http://www.usm.edu/crdp/index.html |
| 28. National Center for Public Policy Research: Brown v. Board of Education |
| An unofficial text of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case. |
| http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html |
| 29. Reporting Civil Rights |
| Features reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement. |
| http://www.reportingcivilrights.org |
| 30. Sojourn to the Past |
| Offers students, educators and parents the chance to travel for ten days through the South visiting the most dramatic sites and hearing the speakers that first witnessed and created the civil rights movement |
| http://www.sojournproject.org/ |
| 31. The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing |
| Information and history of the Birmingham Church bombing of 1963. |
| http://4littlegirls.com/ |
| 32. The History of Jim Crow |
| An educator's site that presents teachers with historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history. |
| http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/ |
| 33. The Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| Describes the incident which started on December 1, 1955, when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, and move to the back of the bus. |
| http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/... |
| 34. The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| Review of 1955-1956 landmark events from the Montgomery Advertiser. Features newspaper front pages, article archives, biographies of key pioneers, timeline of events, video clips. |
| http://www.montgomeryboycott.com |
| 35. Three Victims of the Freedom Summer 1964 Civil Rights Movement |
| A sculptural portrayal of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, slain in the struggle for civil rights that they lived for, and that we all have. |
| http://www.yoyita.com/civilrights.htm |
| 36. Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement |
| Personal testimony and contact information from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement. |
| http://www.crmvet.org/ |
| 37. Viola Liuzzo - Civil Rights Activist (1925-1965) |
| Viola Liuzzo, a white housewife who was killed while fighting for the rights of whites and nonwhites alike. |
| http://www.geocities.com/gury4u/viola1.htm |
| 38. Voices of Civil Rights |
| The Voices of Civil Rights, a joint effort of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress collects and preserves untold accounts of the Civil Rights Movement. |
| http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/ |
| 39. W.E.B. Du Bois, The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 |
| Randy Sydnor's audio interview of Dr. Daniel Levering Lewis, Du Bois biographer, on the show, Oxford Review. |
| http://www.panagram.com/ads/OXRShows.asp?Pana... |
