WORK IN PROGRESS…
- Civil Rights Movement: Notes on key moments and figures in the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Civil Rights Movement: PBS overview of the events and people that were central to the Civil Rights movement from 1954-1985, with several video interviews with key figures.
- Freedom’s Stories, 1619-1960s: National Humanities site on African American literature and history
- Civil Rights Movement Archive: Interviews, narratives, diaries, and oral histories.
- Southern Freedom Movement Web Links: Comprehensive index of Civil Rights movement links and resources.
- Public Opinion Polls on Civil Rights Movement, 1961-1969: This document provides Gallup Poll data on public opinion related to the Civil Rights movement from 1961-1969.
- “Civil-Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular”: Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that activists are generally aiming for the next generation.
- Civil Rights and Conflict in the United States: Selected Speeches: This web page provides a collection of notable speeches throughout U.S. history that concerned slavery, racial equality, women’s rights, Native American conflicts, and capital punishment.
- 5 of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most memorable speeches: This article provides video footage of five of Martin Luther King Jr.’s recorded speeches.
- The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’: This Nation article describes how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has been misremembered as an eloquent period piece describing a bygone era, rather than as a piercing criticism of American racism that still exists today.
- Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall and the Way to Justice | The Marshall Project: This article discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall as predecessors to today’s Black Lives Matter movement, connecting the past of the Civil Rights movement to modern civil rights issues.
- Malcolm X’s The Ballot or the Bullet: This website provides an introduction to who Malcolm X was as well as full audio and a transcript of his speech.
- Malcolm X Speech to Civil Rights Workers from Mississippi: This website has a comprehensive list of Malcolm X speeches. Specifically, this page has a transcript of Malcolm X’s speech to Civil Rights Workers from Mississippi.
- Malcolm X Interview on “Negro and the American Promise”: This is a 13 minute video interview with Malcolm X that was recorded in 1963.