Civil Rights Pathfinders

 

Books you can take with you are in this number range:

• 323
• 372
• 920
• 973
• B (Biographies)

 

When searching our catalog use these keywords:

• Civil Rights
• The name of a specific person - i.e. Rosa Parks
• The specific incident - sit ins
• A specific place - Birmingham

 

Helpful reference books:

• Ref 920.073 Ame/ The American Scene: Lives
• Ref 973 Ame
  The American Scene: v8 & v9
• Ref 973 Har
  The Timetables of African-American History
• Ref 973 Mil
  Words That Built a Nation

 

WMS Library Computer Resources:

Click on the title below to go to the site. Passwords available in the library or on Alexandria Bulletin Board.

• Alexandria Researcher
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• SIRS Discoverer
  You can search for magazine and newspaper articles on your topic. To find appropriate websites, click on Discoverer WebFind. Use this as you would any search engine.
• Junior Reference Collection
• African-American History On-line

 

Websites:

• The Civil Rights Era
  Features primary documents such as newspapers, photos and artwork about events from the early 1950's though the 1960's.
• Greensboro Sit-Ins
  Original new stories, Timeline and audio clips.
• Little Rock Central High: 40th Anniversary
• In  September 1957, US Army troops escorted 9 black students into previously all-white Central High School.
• The National Civil Rights Museum
  Click on "Exhibits/Gallery" to get an overview of civil rights sites through the mid-1960's.
• Powerful Days in Black and White
  View photographs of the civil rights movement taken by photographer Charles Moore.
• Voices of  Civil Rights
  Ordinary people tell their extraordinary stories of the Civil Rights Movement
• We Shall Overcome: historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
  On the Itinerary Map, you can click on a map of the US to be taken to descriptions and photographs of areas important in the civil rights movement.
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  Timeline of King's life, remembrances of his leadership and more information are on the site.
• Video and Audio of the Civil Rights Era Includes audio and video clips of famous people in the civil rights movement such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
• Civil Rights Timeline Covers milestones in the modern civil rights movement from 1954 to the present.