Civil Rights Movement Pathfinder

Coach HartsellŐs Arkansas History Class

 

Books In Our Library

        

323.1 WIL     Wilkinson, Brenda. The civil rights movement: an illustrated history.    This book recounts the historical background of blacks in America, beginning with the earliest arrivals from Africa, and describes the crucial events leading up to the movement of the 1950s and 1960s.  

 

323.1196 MCW        McWhorter, Diane. A dream of freedom: the Civil Rights movement from 1954 to 1968.    Examines the rise of the Civil Rights movement in America, the men and women whose lives made an impact in the pursuit of social and political equality, and landmark Supreme Court cases that changed the fabric of American society in the mid-to-late twentieth century.

 

323.4 WEB    Webb, Sheyann. Selma, Lord, Selma : girlhood memories of the civil-rights days.    The "girlhood memories" of two young black girls who participated in the civil rights demonstration in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.  

 

342.73 KLI    Klinkner, Philip A. The Ninth Amendment. :   Discusses the origins and provisions of the Ninth Amendment, which protects "unremunerated" rights, or rights not listed in the Constitution.  

 

364.15 CRO Crowe, Chris. Getting away with murder : the true story of the Emmett Till case. The boy who triggered the civil rights movement -- Kicking the hornets' nest -- The boy from Chicago -- The wolf whistle -- Setting the stage -- Getting away with murder -- Aftershocks.   Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.  

 

370.19 KEL   Kelso, Richard, 1942- Days of courage : the Little Rock story.    Describes the experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the first black students to begin the integration of schools in Arkansas in 1957.  

 

373.767 HUC Huckaby, Elizabeth. Crisis at Central High, Little Rock, 1957-58

Recounts the events surrounding the attempt of nine black students to enter Central High School in Little Rock, following the Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation in public schools was illegal.  

 

979.4 CLO     Cole, Michael D. The L.A.Riots: rage in the city of angels.    Discusses the riots that occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 after the verdict in the Rodney King case.  

 

979.4 HAM    Hamilton, Sue L. Los Angeles riots.   An account of the arrest and trial of Rodney King and of the riots in Los Angeles in April, 1992, that followed.  

 

BIO KIN          Clayton, Edward Taylor.  Martin Luther King: the peaceful warrior. A biography of the black leader, Martin Luther King, who, encouraged by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, inspired the Nation to begin a non-violent campaign for equality.  

 

BIO KIN          Rowe, Jeanne A. An album of Martin Luther King, Jr.  A biography of the man largely responsible for uniting American blacks in the fight for civil rights.  

 

BIO MAL        Rummel, Jack. Malcolm X.    A biography of the Black Muslim who became a leader of a movement to unite black people throughout the world.  

 

BIO RUS        Haskins, James, Bayard Rustin : behind the scenes of the civil rights movement.    A biography of Bayard Rustin, a skillful organizer behind the scenes of the American civil rights movement whose ideas strongly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr.  

 

REF 917.3 THI           Time-Life Books. This fabulous century, 1960-1970, by the editors of Time-Life Books.   A pictorial survey of American life during the 1960's, with sections on the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, assassinations, science, the media, sports and various life styles.  

 

REF 973 MOS           Profiles in American history, Volume 8. Highlights individuals of the late twentieth century who played a role in the civil rights movement, immigration reform, and the Vietnam War.  

 

 

 

Websites

 

African American Odyssey

The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. It showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress by displaying more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, and plays in the largest black history exhibit ever presented by the Library of Congress.

 

Grolier Online Databases

Online encyclopedia and reference resource.

 

Gale Discovering Series

Online database of articles covering Geography and History and many more topics.

 


Infoplease Civil Rights Timeline

An online timeline of milestones in the modern civil rights movement from 1954 to 2003.

 

Yahoo Directory

Yahoo results on the civil right movement.