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	We Shall Overcome -- Introduction
		Exhausted by the efforts and divisions of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the longing for the country to reunite, the white advocates of equality were overcome by the forces of reaction, and the fate of African Americans was turned over to the individual states.
		First, although they had white supporters and sympathizers, the modern civil rights movement was designed, led, organized, and manned by African Americans, who placed themselves and their families on the front lines in the struggle for freedom.
		The properties included in the itinerary are related to the modern civil rights movement, that is, with a few exceptions, the events of the post-World War II period, and especially the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/civilrights/intro.htm (914 words)

	Civil rights - Wex
		Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, press, assembly, the right to vote, freedom from involuntary servitude, and the right to equality in public places.
		Discrimination occurs when the civil rights of an individual are denied or interfered with because of their membership in a particular group or class.
		The existence of civil rights and liberties are recognized internationally by numerous agreements and declarations.
	www.law.cornell.edu /topics/civil_rights.html (810 words)

	::John Kennedy and Civil Rights::
		John F Kennedy is not automatically associated with civil rights issues as Kennedy's presidency is more famed for the Cuban Missile Crisis and issues surrounding the Cold War.
		Opinion polls indicated that in 1960 and 1961, civil rights was at the bottom of the list when people were asked "what needs to be done in America to advance society ?" Kennedy was also concentrating his domestic attention on improving health care and helping the lowest wage earners.
		Their tactic was to use the law courts as a way of enforcing already passed civil rights legislation.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /john_kennedy_and_civil_rights.htm (2502 words)

	African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era (Part 1)
		While there is more to achieve in ending discrimination, major milestones in civil rights laws are on the books for the purpose of regulating equal access to public accommodations, equal justice before the law, and equal employment, education, and housing opportunities.
		Civil rights leaders rallied to the cause and came to continue the march from the point at which Meredith fell.
		In this photograph she is singing at the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial--a civil rights rally, held on the third anniversary of the Brown decision.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html (1810 words)

	Civil Rights Collection of the Nashville Public Library \| The Collection
		Building on interviews already archived in the library, the Nashville Room staff administers an ongoing Civil Rights Oral History Project to record the experiences and memories of people who took part in or witnessed the historic events of the 1950s and 1960s.
		The addition of private collections of letters and papers from central figures in the civil rights era will eventually make the Nashville Public Library a key site for research on this subject and period.
		A video presentation room and a classroom adjacent to the Civil Rights Room make an array of materials available to individuals and groups of up to forty people.
	www.library.nashville.org /civilrights/collection.htm (216 words)

	Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project
		Civil rights movements in Seattle started well before the celebrated struggles in the South in the 1950s and 1960s, and they relied not just on African American activists but also on Filipino Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Jews, Latinos, and Native Americans.
		From the 1910s through the 1970s, labor and civil rights were linked in complicated ways, with some unions and radical organizations providing critical support to struggles for racial justice, while others stood in the way.
		Based at the University of Washington, the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project is a collaboration between community groups and UW faculty and students.
	www.civilrights.washington.edu (694 words)

	Civil Rights Movement History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Civil Rights Movement in the United States, political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for fl Americans and to achieve racial equality.
		The civil rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation, the system of laws and customs separating fls and whites that whites used to control fls after slavery was abolished in the 1860s.
		During the civil rights movement, individuals and civil rights organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws.
	www.temple.edu /naacp/crmovement.html (1032 words)

	Civil Right and Civil Right Movement
		African American civil rights activist, who is often called the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
		Her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus triggered the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and 1956 and set in motion the test case for the desegregation of public transportation.
		African American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner, one of the principal leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest.
	www.africanaonline.com /civil_rights.htm (605 words)

	Civil Rights Movement Timeline
		According to King, it is essential that the civil rights movement not sink to the level of the racists and hatemongers who oppose them: "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline," he urges.
		Asserting that civil rights laws alone are not enough to remedy discrimination, President Johnson issues Executive Order 11246, which enforces affirmative action for the first time.
		After two years of debates, vetoes, and threatened vetoes, President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act of 1991, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/civilrightstimeline1.html (1583 words)

	African Americans - Civil Rights History and Timeline
		The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965 - The Civil Rights Movement was at a peak from 1955-1965.
		Civil Rights: A Status Report - Discusses the relevancy of the movement, and its effect on the population.
		Civil Rights Author Discusses Birmingham, Alabama Revolution - Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Carry Me Home, discusses the revoltion that led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in an interview with Jerry Jazz Musician.
	www.africanamericans.com /CivilRights.htm (4391 words)

	Civil Rights - The History of Gay Rights
		We refer to basic human rights like the freedom of speech and association, liberty, and equal treatment in court as civil rights, because they are fundamental rights that each and every citizen should not be denied on the basis of their sex, race, or religious belief.
		Basically, gay rights movement is defined as the demand of gays to be treated as equal citizens with the same rights, privileges, and treatment as heterosexuals do.
		The history of tolerance is going to reach another landmark, and no one should miss the opportunity to raise his or her voice.
	www.enderminh.com /minh/civilrights.aspx (2518 words)

	USATODAY.com - Civil rights history comes alive at new travel destinations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Interactive and other exhibits will interpret the legal and social history of Brown vs. Board and examine the case within the context of race relations dating to 1619 when the first African slaves arrived in the New World.
		The 1964 drive to register fl voters in the South ended in the slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
		Although organizers anticipate a record 800 participants this year, the trip has a bittersweet quality, says Ben Chaney, brother of the civil rights worker and head of the foundation that bears his name.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2004-05-13-civil-rights_x.htm (554 words)

	Voices of Civil Rights :: Home
		AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all.
		We invite you to explore this site, a tribute to those who were a part of the civil rights experience and to the continuing quest for equality.
		Hear how civil rights veterans like Eleanor Holmes Norton, a woman at the forefront of various social causes, are connecting the past with the present.
	www.voicesofcivilrights.org (248 words)

	Travel: Civil rights history lives in Alabama
		Birmingham was the first major Alabama city to develop its civil rights history, when the city's first fl mayor, Richard Arrington, helped create a historic district around the park and church where many demonstrations began.
		King later called the march "the most powerful and dramatic civil rights protest that has ever taken place in the South." It led to Congress passing the Voting Rights Act, which helped to open Southern voting booths to fls and made Mississippi and Alabama national leaders in the number of fls in public office.
		A few blocks away is the Civil Rights Memorial, a fl granite fountain bearing the names of 40 people killed during the struggle in the South.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/02/15/Travel/Civil_rights_history_.shtml (1623 words)

	History of Civil Rights Laws
		Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- "all persons shall have the same rights...to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws..."
		Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, or religion.
		Civil Rights Act of 1991 -- adds provisions to Title VII protections, including right to jury trial.
	www.withylaw.com /history.htm (376 words)

	Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel: Alabama Civil Rights History
		The Civil Rights Memorial Center in downtown Montgomery contains exhibits depicting momentous events that occurred in the city and explain how 40 activists died in the South between 1955 and 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Birmingham's Civil Rights District includes Kelly Ingram Park, where marches were formed, and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where four young girls were killed by a racist's bomb.
		Across the street is the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the nation's finest civil rights museum.
	www.touralabama.org /things-to-do/activities/alabama-history/civil-rights.cfm (384 words)

	Civil Rights Oral History Interviews, Spokane Washington
		As part of that series, Rebecca Nappi conducted a series of interviews with individuals with ties to both the civil rights movement and to Spokane.
		Jerrelene Williamson relates her sense of the civil rights movement in Spokane to events in Alabama.
		Sam Minnix describes the scene during a civil rights demonstration at the Spokane County Courthouse on Friday March 26, 1965.
	www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /holland/masc/xcivilrights.html (530 words)

	Civil Rights
		- Civil rights means that people have the right to be treated the same regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
		Explore the Civil Rights Law and History site and choose a group (Americans with Disabilities, American Indians, Japanese Americans, Institutionalized Persons) that has had problems with their civil rights in the past.
		Civil rights problems are often associated with a particular barrier such as employment, voting, housing, or wages.
	www.42explore2.com /civilrights.htm (1271 words)

	U.S. History - Civil Rights Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is produced by WGBH Boston, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis.
		The National Civil Rights Museum in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, offers an overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form and helps portray the impact and influence on the civil rights movement.
		This is an Infoplease.com annotated timeline of the Civil Rights Movement from the Brown v.
	www.besthistorysites.net /USHistory_CivilRights.shtml (2039 words)

	Law and civil rights - News
		As part of Black History Month at DU, lawyer Rick Jones spoke about what he felt were the 10 most significant cases in civil rights history and why they were so important on Wednesday night at the Sturm College of Law.
		The cases illustrate the development of African American's civil rights in the United States and the role law played.
		"Rights that were established from these 10 cases are either rights you took for granted or you didn't realize where they came from," said Jones.
	media.www.duclarion.com /media/storage/paper481/news/2007/02/13/News/Law-And.Civil.Rights-2717104.shtml (462 words)

	Civil Rights Oral History Bibliography
		A bibliography of Oral History Interviews on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
		The research was conducted in the fall of 1997 by the staff members at The University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage and at the Tougaloo College Archives.
		The work was funded by the Mississippi State Legislature through a grant administered jointly by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Mississippi Humanities Council, which also contributed some funding.
	www.usm.edu /crdp/html/bibliography.shtml (257 words)

	Voices of Civil Rights :: The Voices
		Voices of Civil Rights is a multifaceted project that has been featured in radio and television specials, traveling exhibits, educational programs, and grassroots events around the country.
		In 2005, the History Channel is airing a special documentary on the Voices of Civil Rights, based on stories collected from August to October 2004 during the unprecedented 70-day Voices of Civil Rights Bus Tour.
		This Voices of Civil Rights website features a searchable online archive of selected stories submitted by people from every corner of the country and from all walks of life.
	www.voicesofcivilrights.org /project.html (324 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Civil Rights Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Civil Rights - A high-school level overview of the civil rights struggle, from Reconstruction through Dr. King.
		History of Black Firefighters - This is a document of research by several individuals compiled in one location about the involvment of slaves and freedmen as well as emancipated fls in the early history of fire fighting.
		Viola Liuzzo - Civil Rights Activist (1925-1965) - Viola Liuzzo, a white housewife who was killed while fighting for the rights of whites and nonwhites alike.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Civil_Rights_Movement (1477 words)

	IWFR: History of the Original Freedom Rides
		The Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride is an important opportunity to learn from and honor civil rights movement history in the U.S. The 1961 Freedom Rides were incredibly courageous acts of resistance led by many women and men, who still to this day, are leaders in the struggle for civil rights and racial justice.
		"Eyes on the Prize: American's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965" is a six-part documentary series that tells the human stories of the movement for social change in the words of both famous and less-known participants.
		These are the stories of fls and whites, of civil rights organizers from the South and the North, of government officials at all levels, of Southerners who fought to maintain a way of life they had cherished since Reconstruction and of fls who were determined to make America live up to its promise of equality.
	www.iwfr.org /civilhistory.asp (3885 words)

	HECUA – Civil Rights Movement: History & Consequences
		The Civil Rights Movement: History and Consequences examines a variety of critical perspectives, including the practice and philosophy of nonviolence, legal, human rights, and public work frameworks for social change.
		The heart of the program is designed to develop connections between history and current political struggles around poverty, education, race and class, building on theory and critical thinking to create a historical context for current issues of civil rights.
		In addition to her interest in and experience teaching about civil rights and social change in the US context, Lena has also participated in research projects exploring racism, immigration, and social movements in Western Europe.
	www.hecua.org /j_civilrights.htm (584 words)

	African Americans - A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States of America - Index
		Many of the issues of civil rights are very complex and most difficult.
		Every American citizen must have the right to vote...Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes...
		No law that we now have on the books...can insure the right to vote when local officials are determined to deny it...
	www.africanamericans.com /CivilRightsHistoryIndex.htm (697 words)

	Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (CCCR) - History
		The independence of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had been violated by action of the Reagan Administration.
		Since 1989, the Commission has published periodic reports on the civil rights enforcement of the Administration in office, calling upon the expertise of civil rights authorities who have written chapters for each volume.
		These reports have covered the broad spectrum of civil rights issues including those involving race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation and age and have taken on the pressing issues of the times including immigration, welfare reform, the digital divide and hate crimes.
	www.cccr.org /about/history.cfm (343 words)

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