Civil rights documentation project
Instructional Web site focusing on the story of the legislative process related to the Civil Rights movement.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1963/1965
Subject
Legislators--United States
Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting--United States
African Americans--Suffrage
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium
instructional materials
timelines (chronologies)
legislative records
legislative acts
reports
black-and-white photographs
sound recordings
Type
Text
Description
Web site documenting the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as well as congressional debate leading up to the legislation. The site focuses on the years 1963 to 1965 and covers both the social climate as well as the legislative process. Digital materials including photographs, legislative documents, sound recordings, and text are presented in a timeline form. Many of the digital materials are held at other institutions to which the site links., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
Contributing Institution
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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