LibGuides: Anti-Systemic Racism Resources: Civil Rights Movements

MCC Library Resources

Civil Rights for Beginners
Publication Date: 2016-01-12

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985 Videos
The series is available through our streaming service, Films on Demand. Additional information can be found at PBS - see link below

Eyes On The Prize PBS Website

Native American Rights Movements

"The Native rights movement had a dual goal—achieving the civil rights of native peoples as American citizens, and the sovereign rights of Native nations. Native activists fought against dispossession, racism, poverty, and violence, but they also focused on protecting treaty rights and keeping native tribes distinct." Smithsonian Indivisble.

29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee: History Pod
ACLU American Indian Civil Rights
American Indian Movement
This site chronicles the American Indian Movement. the summer of 1968, Native American activists Dennis Banks, George Mitchell, and Clyde Bellecourt gathered hundreds of like-minded individuals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Armed with ultimate goal of forcing the United States to recognize Native American sovereignty, the activists formed the American Indian Movement group, or the AIM.
American Indian Movement interpretive center site
American Indian Movement Overview
Archives Of The West: Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee
Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians
Democrats back attempt to shut down North Dakota pipeline
May 20, 2020 article. Three dozen congressional Democrats are backing an attempt by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to shut down an oil pipeline in North Dakota while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review.
Digital Public Library of America: The Wounded Knee Massacre
History of the American Indian Movement
From the official American Indian Movement - Grand Governing Council
Indian Law Resource Center
The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization that advocates for the protection of indigenous peoples human rights, cultures, and traditional lands. The site contains descriptions of casework, newsletter archives, and links to research resources and organizations instrumental to winning recognition of indigenous rights.
Indivisible. - Smithsonian
Justice Magazine: Activist speaks about Water is Life Movement
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
Native American Activism: 1960s to Present
Native American Rights Fund
Oil, Water, Steel
Article from Earth Justice.
Standing Rock Sioux History
Storied 1968 The American Indian Movement - Video
Interview and with AIM's Clyde Bellecourt
Text of Indian Civil Rights Act: Tribal Court Clearinghouse
Treatise still matter: the Dakota Access Pipeline.
From Smithsonian magazine.
Native Hope Blog: Wounded Knee
Native Hope exists to address the injustice done to Native Americans.

History of the Civil Rights Movements

In addition to providing many resources on combating systemic racism, we are including links to resources on the Civil Rights Movement, inspired in part, by Northeastern University's Ian Thompson and Margaret Burnham's: How Do Today's Black Lives Matter Protests Compare With The Civil Rights Movement of The 1960s.

The African Americans
Information about the PBS series written and presented noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Black Americans in Congress: Historical Essays
History, Art & Archives of the United States House of Representatives
Black Past
An online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet.
Biographies of Civil Rights Activists from biography.com
Civil Rights History Project - Library of Congress
The Civil Rights Movement from history.com
The Civil Rights Movement - ADL
Brief history and lesson plans for teachers.
Civil Rights Movement - New York Public Library Exhibit
Adobe Flash is needed for this resource. This history is part of the larger NPL site, Africana Age: Africa and the African Diasporan Transformations in the 20th Century. at http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/index2.html
The Civil Rights Movement - PBS
Civil Rights Movement - Timeline
Timeline with text and images from the History Channel site.
Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1919-1960s
The Civil Rights Movement And The Second Reconstruction, 1945—1968
Civil Rights Project At UCLA
United States Civil Rights Historic Trail
Equal Justice Initiative: Racial Justice Site
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC): The Highlander Folk School
Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'Dean' Of The Civil Rights Movement: NPR obituary
Cornell University's Legal Information Institute: Legal Overview on Civil Rights
EJI: Lynching In America
Museum of the New South, Vitrual Tour
The Levine museum is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rosa Parks Institute
The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development was co-founded in February 1987 by Mrs. Rosa Parks and Ms. Elaine Eason Steele, in honor of Raymond Parks (1903 – 1977). It is the living legacy of two individuals who committed their lives to civil and human rights.
Ruby Bridges information from the National Park Service
"Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American Hero. She was the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School. At six years old, Ruby's bravery helped pave the way for Civil Rights action in the American South." This site is maintained by the National Historic Park and Preservation department of the US National Parks.
Rustin Bayard
WBUR: America's Call For A Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement

Anti-Systemic Racism Resources: Civil Rights Movements

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Native American Rights Movements

History of the Civil Rights Movements

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