Civil Rights Movements Archives

Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

Book — Non-fiction. By Stokely Carmichael and Ekwueme Michael Thelwell. 2005. 848 pages.
Autobiography of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).

Civil Rights Movement Veterans

Digital collection. Resources on the Southern Freedom Movement compiled by those who lived it. Includes a bibliography, timelines, photos, primary source documents, and lists of speakers.

There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights

Book — Non-fiction. By Milton Meltzer. 2002. 208 pages.
History of the struggle for civil rights throughout U.S. history for middle school readers.

The Veterans of Hope Project

Digital collection. A multifaceted educational initiative that focuses on community building, non-violence and justice.

Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC

Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, and Dorothy M. Zellner. 2010. 616 pages.
An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power.

Freedom Summer

Book — Non-fiction. By Bruce Watson. 2010. 384 pages.
A history of Freedom Summer, the pivotal period of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964 Mississippi.

The Murder of Emmett Till

Film. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. 2003. 60 minutes.
Documentary on the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the actions of Mamie Till Bradley which helped launch the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Book — Non-fiction. By Chris Crowe. 2003. 128 pages.
Photos and narrative for high school students.

The Death of Emmett Till

Song. By Bob Dylan. 1963.
Ballad on the death of Emmett Till.

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

Book — Non-fiction. By Jeffrey Haas. 2019. 400 pages.
The life and murder of Fred Hampton as told by Jeffrey Haas, co-founder of the People’s Law Office and attorney for the plaintiffs in the federal suit Hampton v. Hanrahan.

At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance — A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power

Book — Non-fiction. By Danielle L. McGuire. 2010. 352 pages.
History of the violence against African-American women during the 20th century and the role played by Rosa Parks in the organized legal response to that abuse.

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Picture book. By Carole Boston Weatherford. 2007. 32 pages.
Historical fiction in an upper elementary picture book about the Greensboro sit-ins.

Freedom Riders

Film. Written, produced, and directed by Stanley Nelson. 2011. 120 minutes.
A first-hand look at the 1961 rides from the Freedom Riders themselves and others who were there.

Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me

Book — Non-fiction. By John A. Stokes with Lois Wolfe. 2007. 128 pages.
First person description of the student led movement to desegregate schools in Prince Edward County.

Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa

Book — Non-fiction. By Malcolm X. 2002. 164 pages.
Speeches by Malcolm X, selected for young audiences.

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Film. Produced by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. 2002. 83 minutes.
Documentary about the life of peace, labor, and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.

Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson

Book — Non-fiction. By Cynthia Griggs Fleming. 1998. 228 pages.
Biography of Civil Rights Movement activist Ruby Doris Smith Robinson.

Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson

Book — Non-fiction. By Blair L. M. Kelley. 2010. 280 pages.
Examines acts of protest and resistance to segregated trains and streetcars during the early Jim Crow era.

SNCC’s Speech Delivered by John Lewis at the March on Washington

Film clip. Voices of a People's History.
SNCC's original speech to be delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by John Lewis.

Malcolm X: “Message to the Grass Roots”

Film clip. Voices of a People's History.
Dramatic reading of Malcolm X's "Message to the Grass Roots" (1963) by Mos Def.

Howard Zinn on History

Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. Introduction by Staughton Lynd. 2011. 192 pages.
A collection of 27 writings on activism, electoral politics, the Holocaust, Marxism, the Iraq War, and the role of the historian.

Stenciling Dissent: A Student Project Draws on the Language of the Streets

Teaching Activity. By Andrew Reed. Rethinking Schools. 5 pages.
Teaching activity connects students to history of art as a means of protest and gives them opportunity and skills to create their own stencil with a powerful message.

This Day in Civil Rights History

Book — Non-fiction. By Horace Randall Williams and Ben Beard. 2009. 368 pages.
A full page description of a key event in the history of the Civil Rights Movement for each day of the year.

Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement: Oral Histories and Archives

Digital collection. More than 100 oral histories with leaders and shapers of the disability rights and independent living movement.

Pauli Murray: Fighting Jane Crow

Article. By Paula Giddings, The Nation, May 23, 1987.
Review of Pauli Murray's autobiography, Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage.

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