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United States -- Race relations Du Bois: The Activist Life 
 This site features a biographical essay and chronology of the scholar, author, sociologist, co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and editor of The Crisis and other journals. Also contains a description of the W.E.B. Du Bois Papers collection and an exhibit of materials from the collection. From the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/exhibits/dubois/intro.htm Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Social Issues Last updated Nov 21, 2005 February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Independent Lens film about four college students who, in 1960, "began a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a small city in North Carolina. The act of simply sitting down to order food in a restaurant that refused service to anyone but whites is now widely regarded as one of the pivotal moments in the American Civil Rights Movement." Features biographies, photos, related links, and lesson plans. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
Presents hours of audio clips, articles, and photographs about the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins that started February 1960. Covers the young black men who sat at a whites-only lunch counter in a Woolworth store, a timeline, and news articles, a video clip of the unveiling of the statue honoring the occasion, and links to other civil rights sites. A project of the News & Record newspaper, which supplied much of the content, and the Greensboro Public Library. http://www.sitins.com/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 3, 2005 The History of Jim Crow
"An educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history." The material includes essays, personal narratives, lesson plans, photographs and historical images, and maps and geographical perspectives on segregation in the United States from the 1870s through the 1950s. "Content was generated by a national collaboration of classroom teachers, working with professional historians." http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Lynching in America
This site features a bibliography of materials about lynching of black Americans in the United States. Also includes links to related sites. From the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island (New York) University. Note: Includes graphic images of lynching. http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm Topics: Black Resources, Social Issues Last updated Jun 22, 2005 NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Site of "the nation's oldest civil rights organization," whose mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination." Site includes the organization's history, strategic initiatives, departments, programs, and information about The Crisis, the official NAACP publication founded in 1910 by W.E.B. DuBois. Searchable. http://www.naacp.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Social Issues Last updated Mar 29, 2007 The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1850-1950
An overview of "anti-Black violence from the 1880s to the 1950s," including information on lynchings, race riots, and the response of the black community. A curriculum unit by Robert A. Gibson for the Yale-New Haven (Connecticut) Teachers Institute. Includes a bibliography. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/1979/2/79.02.04.x.html Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Social Issues Last updated Jan 26, 2005 The O.J. Verdict
This 2005 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline documentary revisits the O.J. Simpson trial, which lasted over a year until a verdict was reached in October 1995. The companion website provides video of the full program and some selections, and includes interviews, observations and analysis, discussion of race and class in the judicial system, highlights from the trial, and other features exploring the impact of the trial and the racial tensions surrounding the case. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/ Topics: Crime, Social Issues Last updated Oct 5, 2005 One Book, One Campus: "Snow Falling on Cedars"
The University of Maine at Farmington's One Book, One Campus program was created to unify the campus through "a shared common reading experience." This site focuses on "Snow Falling on Cedars," by Washington state author David Guterson. It features a brief biography of the author, historical background and synopsis of the book, and the book's awards and reviews, plus a list of relevant articles and Web sites. http://library.umf.maine.edu/OBOC/2002/home.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, United States History Last updated May 15, 2007 Reporting Civil Rights
"This site ... presents the reporters and journalism of the American Civil Rights Movement." Find writer profiles, a timeline for 1941 through 1973, and "Perspectives on Reporting," which features personal recollections from reporters active in that era. A companion to the two-volume set "Reporting Civil Rights" from Library of America. http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, News, Social Issues, Writing Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Separate Lives, Broken Dreams: Saga of Chinese Immigration
A site about the Chinese Exclusion Act, which until its repeal in 1943 "barred all Chinese from U.S. citizenship by naturalization." Features immigration documents and photographs, Chinese exclusion literature such as speeches and satirical cartoons, a glossary of terms, links to related resources, and more. From the Center for Asian American Media. http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/separatelivesbrokendreams/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Aug 22, 2007 Social Activism Sound Recording Project: The Black Panther Party
A browsable chronology, beginning in 1960, of the militant African American "self-defense" group formed in Oakland, California. Includes audio, video, transcripts of speeches, and a bibliography. Maintained by Gary Handman, head of the Media Resources Center at the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificapanthers.html Topics: Black Resources, Political Parties & Theories, Social Issues Last updated Jan 26, 2005 The Springfield Race Riot of 1908
Illustrated presentation about the 1908 Springfield, Illinois, race riot, including "its connection with the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)." Includes a map showing the route of the lynch mob through Springfield on August 15, 1908. A ThinkQuest site. http://library.thinkquest.org/2986/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Social Issues Last updated Aug 13, 2008 Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray
Originally published in 1926, the unabridged autobiography of former Missouri slave Emma J. Smith is presented here in electronic form. Mrs. Smith was an evangelist, missionary, and WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union) activist whose autobiography describes her community and religious work in Seattle after 1889. She describes how she coped with racial discrimination in the early part of the 20th century. The book's illustrations include a photograph of Smith and her husband, L.P. Ray. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/rayemma/menu.html Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Feb 22, 2005 |
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