Civics: Civil Rights
How has the Civil Rights Movement been a model for social change that we continue to use to this day?
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1. Reference Sources
Start your research with reference sources. These sources will give you a broad view of your potential topic.
Print Reference Sources
For the 2021 school year we will not be offering print resources.
Digital Reference Sources
ABC-CLIO Solutions
U.S. History in Context (look for reference articles)
2. Sources for in depth research
U.S. History in Context – primary sources, biographies, videos, images and more on issues throughout U.S. history. Nicely contextualized.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context – articles, perspectives, videos, images, primary sources and more on historic and contemporary issues
High School in Context – articles, videos, images and more
3. Citation
Recommended Search Terms
| Civil Rights Movement | Social Movement |
| Mendez v. Westminster | Plyler v. Doe 1985 |
| Brown v. Board | Obergefell v. Hodges 2015 /same-sex marriage |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | Grape Boycott/Delano Grape Strike |
| Little Rock Nine | Boston Busing |
| Greensboro sit-ins | Alcatraz Indian Occupation/Red Power Movement |
| Greensboro sit-ins | Occupy Wall St |
| Greensboro sit-ins | Americans with Disabilities Act sit-ins/Capitol Crawl |
| Freedom Rides | Me Too Movement |
| Executive Order 9981 | Trump ban on transgender military service people |
| Selma | Million Man March or Women’s March |
| March on Washington MLK | Black Lives Matter movement |
| Black Power Movement | Black Lives Matter movement |
| 1968 Olympics | Colin Kapernick |
| Civil Rights/Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Equal Rights Amendment |
| Birmingham Children’s March/Crusade | National School Walk Out |
Instructional Videos
Civics: Civil Rights Project–Introduction
Civics: Civil Rights Project– Reference Sources and ABC-CLIO
Civics: Civil Rights Project–High School and US History in Context
Civics: Civil Rights Project–Opposing Viewpoints
Civics: Civil Rights Project–Citation