SS+Civil+Rights

U.S. Civil Rights Movements

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 * Database Passwords**

American History (ABC-Clio): A good database for any topic related to American History. It provides great overviews of topics, as well as more specific sources. **(password required)**

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Provides a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information. it includes primary source documents, reference works, p eriodical articles from respected publications like //Newsweek, American Heritage// and //The Historian// as well as video and audio from NBC, NPR and other reliable sources.



Includes such reference sources as //Africana// and //African American History, 1896 to the Present.// The site also includes a carefully selected editorial program of supplementary material. This includes over 300 primary source documents with commentaries, approximately 2,300 images with an ongoing image research program, over 300 charts, tables and graphs, maps, timelines, and learning resources for students and teachers. **(password required)**



Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview, which includes three pro-con debates; a background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; a pro/con debate by representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Covers 1992-Present **(password required)**



** Newspapers: **

 * Boston Globe Archives (1980-current)
 * New York Times (1980-current)
 * Time Magazine Archives (1923 to current) Must use BHS Library username and password.

**Primary Sources:**

 * Annals of American History from Encyclopedia Britannica
 * ==[|Civil Rights Digital Library]==
 * Digital Public Library of America DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States.
 * ===** Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History **===
 * Internet Modern History Sourcebook Primary sources collected by Fordham University
 * ==Revolutionary activities within the United States: The American Indian Movement==

**Websites:**

 * Asian American Civlil Rights Links to a variety of sites dealing with Asian American Civil Rights.
 * Asian Americans and the Seattle's Civil Rights History Includes a short video clip as well as some oral histories of Asians involved in the movement. Scroll down the page for some other interesting documents/info.
 * Asian Coalition for Equality
 * Attitudes on gay marriage from The Pew Research Center
 * [|Civil Rights Timeline: Milestones in the Modern Civil Rights Movement]
 * Feminist Majority Foundation
 * [|The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers’ Struggle (PBS)]
 * [|A Brief History of the American Indian Movement]
 * [|ACLU and the History of LGBT Rights & HIV/AIDS]
 * [|Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (CWLU) Herstory Project]
 * [|African American Odyssey]
 * Japanese American Citizens League Some info here, on the left-hand side of the page under Education.
 * Smithsonian National Museum of American History //Separate is Not Equal//
 * [|Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture]
 * [|American Women Through the Ages]