Introduction: The Fight for Change
This museum exhibit focuses on the African American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900’s to the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. In particular, this… Read more »
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1900’s-1930’s
Letter from Ida B. Wells-Barnett to public members of the Anti-Lynching Bureau – 1902 This source is a letter written by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a famous anti-lynching, and civil rights… Read more »
1940’s-1950’s
Arkansas Faith: The South Will Fight!! – December 1955 This source is the Arkansas Faith, a White Citizens Council newspaper stationed out of Arkansas thats mission is to publicize the white… Read more »
1960’s
CBS Eyewitness: “Breakthrough in Birmingham” – May 10, 1963 This video captured by CBS Eyewitness on May 10, 1963 shows the violent protests and riots that occurred in Birmingham, Alabama…. Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources CBS. 1963.”Breakthrough in Birmingham.” CBS Video, 4:55. May 10, 1963, https://tinyurl.com/vmvux4x. Civil Rights Act of 1964, H.R. 7152, 88th Cong. (1964). Douthard, William J. June 1963. Letter to… Read more »