Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992
Research Links
Title/Details of Site / Web Address
Spartacus Educational: General civil rights information page. / http://spartacus-educational.com/USA.htm
Vintage Everyday: Collection of old photos of everyday life in the early 20th century. / www.vintag.es/2012/04/old-photos-of-life-in-united-states-in.html
www.vintag.es/2011/12/old-photos-of-usa-in-20th-century.html
www.vintag.es/2012/02/amazing-united-states-photos-in-xx.html
Vintage Everyday: Collection of colour photos of life in the early 20th century. / www.vintag.es/2011/10/color-pictures-of-life-in-us-in-first.html
Key topic 1: African Americans
Google: Photography and African American History and Culture. Photo archive with detailed history throughout the pictures. / www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/photography-and-african-american-history-and-culture/2QKCeNWIfLJ6Jg
Public Domain Review: The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838. Cartoons of the year of the slave. / http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-american-anti-slavery-almanac-for-1838/
Lens; The NY Times: Race, civil right and photography. Various colour and black and white photos. / http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/race-civil-rights-and-photography/?_r=0
Pre-prepared revision notes: Covering the Civil Rights Movement for African Americans. / www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Revision:Civil_Rights_Movement
CBC Documentary: Examines the rise of gun related deaths in Canada due to police tactics and has excellent video of British police containing a man without killing him. / www.cbc.ca/firsthand/episodes/hold-your-fire
The Civil Rights movement in photos: High resolution images from the time. Focussed on the period of 1940-1970. / http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/gallery/iconic-civil-rights/
Timeline: Key Moments in Black History: A chronology of Black History from the early slave trade through Affirmative Action (1619-2015). / www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtimeline.html
Biography: Booker .T. Washington / www.britannica.com/biography/Booker-T-Washington
Biography: W. E. B. Du Bois / www.britannica.com/biography/W-E-B-Du-Bois
www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-w.e.b.-dubois
Biography: Martin. L. King / www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jrv
www.naacp.org/pages/king
Documentary covering the reconstruction: Will have to create a staff sign up to access videos. Some notes on the reconstruction also. / www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction#
Overview of notes covering the reconstruction. / www.sparknotes.com/history/american/reconstruction/summary.html
Small and easy to access infographic summarising the American Political system. Can be used to show students the 3 arms of American government. / www.soapcampaign.org/images/governmentusa_lg.png
Soap Campaign: Small and easy to access infographic summarising how a President is elected and the criteria they must meet. / www.soapcampaign.org/images/how2bpotus_lg.png
History of the NAACP / www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history
Huffington Post: Article detailing the reaction to recent police shootings of African Americans using Dread Scott’s ‘A Man Was Lynched Yesterday’. / www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-man-was-lynched-by-police-flag-dread-scott_us_577fc8a5e4b0c590f7e90dab
Time Magazine: Powerful pictures of MLK and links to more on the Freedom rides and the photo of MLK’s death. / http://time.com/4157473/martin-luther-king-jr-photos/
Time Magazine: Emmett Till and the photo that changed the civil rights movement. / http://time.com/4399793/emmett-till-civil-rights-photography/
Allday.com: The American Hitler. / http://allday.com/post/9533-during-the-civil-rights-movement-this-man-became-famous-for-being-the-american-hitler/
New York Times: Black voter suppression in North Carolina, 2016. / www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/opinion/voter-suppression-in-north-carolina.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Black Lives Matter Shootings 2016
Obama: US police shootings of black men 'should concern all' - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36741336
Why don't black and white Americans live together? - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35255835
Crossing a St Louis street that divides communities - www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17361995
Rich white suburbs wants to split from Baton Rouge - www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29666348
US race relations: Six surprising statistics –
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30214825
Dallas police shootings: What we know so far –
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36744368
What does the slogan 'Black Lives Matter' mean now? - www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-36749925
David Brown: Dallas police chief with past marked by tragedy - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36753964
Dallas shootings: Killer 'prepared larger attack' –
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36760151
Baton Rouge killing: Black Lives Matter protest photo hailed as 'legendary' - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36759711
Philando Castile and Alton Sterling - latest US police shooting black victims - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36733673
Alton Sterling: Video 'shows US police shooting black man in Louisiana' - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36721584
Pinned down and shot in Louisiana –
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36731160
Philando Castile death: Aftermath of police shooting streamed live - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36732908
Baton Rouge: Three US police officers shot dead –
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36820782
US Police Shootings: How many die each year?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36826297
Milwaukee shooting: Violence erupts over US police killing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37075729
Key topic 2: Trade Unions and Labour Rights
Yale University: Photo archive from Great Depression era America, 1935 - 1945. / http://photogrammar.yale.edu/
Public Domain Review: Lewis Hine’s composite photographs of child labour. A leading photo-journalist from the time period, focused on working people. / http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/lewis-hines-composite-photographs-of-child-labourers-1913/
Trailer for the film ‘Cesar Chavez’. / www.youtube.com/watch?v=awP3yXv-4ng
Article covering the History of the Labour movement in America. / www.history.com/topics/labor
Reagan vs. Trade Unions: The strike that busted the unions / www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/reagan-vs-patco-the-strike-that-busted-unions.html?_r=0
Key topic 3: Native American Indians
Encyclopaedia Britannica: The Dawes Act 1887 / www.britannica.com/topic/Dawes-General-Allotment-Act
YouTube: The Dawes Act of 1887 / www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HATCWo2PQ
We shall remain: PBS documentary covering the History of American Indians, 5 Episodes: The Mayflower, Tecumseh's Vision, Trail of Tears, Geronimo, Wounded Knee. / www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYAdf-oGc8c
BBC News: Native Americans plan to make history in the US election. / www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36979321
BBC News: The town where 100 young people have attempted suicide. / www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37135507
BBC News: Rediscovering Native American roots at Dakota pipeline protest. / www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37171280
Key topic 4: Women
Women’s rights: Timeline from 1848-2016. / www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
History of the Women’s rights movement; From the National Women’s History project. / www.nwhp.org/resources/womens-rights-movement/history-of-the-womens-rights-movement/
The fight for Women’s suffrage: Suffrage in the 1920s. / www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage
Roe vs. Wade: PBS covering the case in the Supreme court. / www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5AgCzPIuA
BBC News: 5-part video series about the 2016 US election and women’s positions in America today. / www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36731394
Motto: Saatchi & Saatchi executive put on leave after saying that gender discrimination is ‘over’. / http://motto.time.com/4432800/saatchi-advertising-exec-kevin-roberts-gender-sexism/