Class Guides: U.S. Civil Rights

A collection from CWLU Herstory project. A bunch of great things here!

Interviews from 1976-1981

"Includes 2,024 reel-to-reel tapes and 2,024 WAV files preserved as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives’ 2013-2016 “American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982” (“American Women”) preservation project. The recordings were selected as an “artificial collection” to document the Women’s movement and second-wave feminism as it was broadcast on the Pacifica network. The collection also includes recordings that, though they weren’t about feminism or women’s rights, are significant because they were produced by women or featured women important to American history and culture at that time."

National Women's History Museum exhibit

This libguide has a number of links to sources. Worth browsing!

Article from International Socialist Review. Secondary source.

Secondary source

Comprises speeches and manifestoes prompted by events ranging from demonstrations to funerals. Includes a brief commentary introducing each piece, which discusses the author, the occasion, and the political and social contexts in which it first appeared.

This page has many links to primary sources related to LGBTQ+ rights.

Link is to the Time Periods page.

Some amazing primary docs. You might have to log in to JSTOR via the link in the Scholarly Resources box to access some of these, but many are open access.

You have to click around a bit, but there's some good stuff in here.

Resources from UC Berkeley.

A great collection of snapshots (excerpts) from the Asian American Movement, plus a webcast.

"Asian American Movement 40th Anniversary collection from the archives of the Asian Community Center (once located on Kearny St. in San Francisco). We focus on 1968 because that year was the beginning point for the Asian American movement. 1968 witnessed world changing events and many Asian Americans responded to make the world a better place for humanity. This project is sponsored by the Asian Community Center History Group." This is a blog, so cross-reference what you find here, but it seems to be legitimate.

A list of links to sources on various movements.

This is a short overview of the Asian American Movement. (secondary source)

A gateway to historical collections and primary sources documenting the Chicano civil rights movement in Colorado.

Primary source accounts by the UFW volunteers who built the movement

A digital memory collective put together by a group of historians, educators, researchers, archivists and technologists. The collection is dedicated to preserving Chicano and Latino histories of the Civil Rights Era.

Primary source set regarding the UFW and the Delano Grape Strike in CA.

Digital Public Library--small collection of resources related to the American Indian Movement

Local newsfilm and documentaries relating to the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-71).

Audio file. Native Americans discuss their occupation of Alcatraz.

Akwesasne Notes was a newspaper published by the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, whose lands are on both sides of the border between New York and Canada.

This resource contains documents and images that were happening at the time of the U.S. case of Brown v. Board.

Primary source records regarding various topics on the Civil Rights Movement via the National Archives.

Primary resources for The Civil Rights Movement. Includes images and highlights regarding the African American civil rights movement of the 20th century.

Primary sources resources regarding Jim Crow and Segregation. This resource provides images and historical background information.

This resource is a collection of interviews of various individuals who participated in the civil rights movement in big and small ways.

A collection of papers of Rosa Parks from 1866-2006. The collection covers moments of Parks life as a Civil Rights activist.

A quick overview of how to use Noodletools. Use the GOOGLE sign in option and create a new student account.

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This is an ebook discussing how patriotism has played a role in many major protest movements. Includes chapters on specific movements.