Items and Collections

Date of Original
1900/1990

Subject
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)
African American civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
African American political activists--United States
African American political activists--Southern States
African American civic leaders--United States
African American civic leaders--Southern States
African American social reformers--United States
African American social reformers--Southern States
African American women--Civil rights--United States
African American women--Civil rights--Southern States
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Education--Southern States
African Americans--Politics and government
Segregation--United States
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in education--United States
Segregation in education--Southern States
School integration--United States
School integration--Southern States
Discrimination in housing--United States
Discrimination in housing--Southern States
Race relations--History--20th century
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
United States--Politics and government--20th century
Southern States--Politics and government--20th century
United States--History--20th century
Southern States--History--20th century
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Southern States
Civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Discrimination--United States
Discrimination--Southern States
Discrimination in education--United States
Discrimination in education--Southern States
Discrimination in employment--United States
Discrimination in employment--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in restaurants--United States
Discrimination in restaurants--Southern States
Social movements--United States
Social movements--Southern States
Social justice--United States
Social justice--Southern States
Music--United States
Music--Southern States
Protest songs--United States
Protest songs--Southern States
Songs--United States
Songs--Southern States
Singers--United States
Singers--Southern States
Singing--United States
Singing--Southern States
African Americans--Music
African Americans--Songs and music
Music, Influence of--United States
Music, Influence of--Southern States
Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--20th century
Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--20th century
Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African American religious leaders--United States
African American religious leaders--Southern States
Religion and justice
African Americans--Religion
Laity--United States
Laity--Southern States
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity
Lesson planning--United States
Direct action--United States
Direct action--Southern States
Nonviolence--United States
Nonviolence--Southern States
Sit-ins--United States
Sit-ins--Southern States
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Voting--United States
Voting--Southern States
Voter registration--United States
Voter registration--Southern States
Suffrage--United States
Suffrage--Southern States
African Americans--Suffrage
African Americans--Suffrage--Southern States

Location
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Alabama, Washington County, 31.4076, -88.20788
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434

Medium
instructional materials

Description
Issue 8, June 2006, of the quarterly journal, History Now; American History Online.
"In this issue, we focus on the modern movement to complete the quest for African American equality: the civil rights movement. The essays ... explore the historical context in which the movement arose and flourished; the social factors that determined its successes and failures; the anonymous activists who sustained the struggle; and the cultural contributions of the movement." Essays include Different Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movements by Anthony Badger, "People Get Ready": Music and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s by Brian Ward, A Local and National Story: the Civil Rights Movement in Post-War Washington, D.C. by Wendell Pritchett, African-American Religious Leadership and the Civil Rights Movement by Clarence Taylor, and The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies by James Patterson. Also included in the "From the Teacher's Desk" section are lesson plans for high school, middle school and elementary school levels prepared by experienced teachers. An interactive feature consists of "a jukebox of protest songs."
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.

Metadata URL
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/2006-06/civil-rights-movement

Rights Holder
For the Gilder Lehrman Collection all rights and Reproductions inquires and request contact: Reference@GilderLehrman.org

Contributing Institution
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History