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Civil Rights Movement
Articles
Search these to find journal articles and other scholarly resources. For off campus access, use the GALILEO password.
- America: History & Life - GALILEO collection
- Annals of American History - GALILEO collection
- Facts on File - CSU databases
- JSTOR - CSU databases
- Academic Search Complete - GALILEO collection
Books
To find books to check out, search the online catalog with these suggested terms:
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Browse the following call number ranges in the Circulating Collection for books on your topic:
- E184.5-185.98 Afro-Americans
- E185.2-185.89 Status and development since emancipation
- HT1501-1595 Races
- HV6251-6773.55 Crimes and Offenses
- HV7231-9960 Criminal Justice Administration
Reference Collection
Use these suggested resources in the library to find quick overview information:
- Civil rights in the United States / REF E184.A1 C47 2000
- The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American civil rights: from emancipation to the twenty-first century / REF E185.61.E54 2003
- Encyclopedia of murder & violent crime / REF HV6515.E5323 2003
Online Resources
- Civil Rights Digital Library
http://crdl.usg.edu/
digital video archive and searchable holdings (oral histories, letters, diaries, FBI files, photographs) from numerous libraries and organizations -
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3033
article (causes & aftermath) with photographs and suggested reading list -
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Race Riots
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1032.html
article with photographs and bibliography -
Civil Rights Demonstrations: timeline
http://web.co.wake.nc.us/lee/vf/cr/demo/default_cr.htm
February 9, 1960 - October 8, 1969: divided by state -
Voices of Civil Rights
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/
archive of personal accounts of civil rights history -
Civil Rights in Mississippi: Digital Archive
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/index.html
searchable digital collection of oral histories, photographs, and manuscript materials -
Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950-1970
http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/
digital collection of news segments plus documents and oral histories -
Library of Congress: American Memory: African American History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=African%20American%20History
searchable digital collections devoted to African American history -
We Shall Overvome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/
map and details of each historic site plus a suggested reading list of additional resources
Report broken links or missing resources to webmaster.
Last updated: July 2009