Credits

Civil Rights Era

Introduction
Section 1
School Desegregation Movement: Brown vs. The Board Of Education
Section 2
Emmet Till
Section 3
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Section 4
Student Protest
Section 5
The Birmingham Desegregation Campaign
Section 6
The March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act
Section 7
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Section 8
Malcolm X
Section 9
Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and the Selma March
Section 10
Urban Unrest and Socioeconomic Conditions
Section 11
Black Power
Section 12
Black Arts Movement
Section 13
Black Opposition to Vietnam
Section 14
New Black Politics
Conclusion

Maps and Timelines
Key Figures
Organizations and Institutions
Image Archive
Audio and Video Archive
Document Archive
Resources for Teachers

Project Directors:
Manning Marable
Kate Wittenberg
Project Editor:
Harriet Jackson
Research Associate:
Megan French
Intern:
Catherine Mulhall

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