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2 days ago · The Civil Rights Movement was a pivotal era in American history, spanning the 1950s and 1960s. It aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. This movement wasn't just about protests; it was a fight for justice, equality, and human rights.
2 days ago · Civil Rights Movement. (Also see Africana Studies Primary Sources) Manuscript and archival collections focusing on civil rights and the Black Freedom Movement of the 20th Century. Contains records of four of the most important civil rights organizations of the 1950s and 1960s: NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and CORE.
- Andrea Baer
- 2014
5 days ago · With civil rights education under threat, a preservationist works to persuade Black families to turn private land over for public memorials.
4 days ago · It is a first-person reflection on his experiences in SNCC and his dissatisfaction with the direction of the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s.
1 day ago · For Black America, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first time that the United States government addressed the racial caste system that had been protected for centuries by unjust laws and systemic brutality of nonwhite people in this country.
4 days ago · The Harlem Renaissance is increasingly viewed through a broader lens that recognizes it as a national movement with connections to international developments in art and culture that places increasing emphasis on the non-literary aspects of the movement.
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5 days ago · James Meredith, American civil rights activist who gained national renown at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi.
