Author Archives: mcnellik

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 »