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Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
Find resources about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, many of them arranged thematically.
Photo credit: Ruby Bridges, 1960. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Brown v. Board of Education
- “With an Even Hand” Online ExhibitionOn May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, declaring that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This decision was pivotal to the struggle for racial desegregation in the United States.
- Brown FoundationIn-depth information about the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
- History of Brown v. Board of EducationThe landmark cases leading up to Brown from the United States Courts website.
Selected Books
America's Historically Black Colleges: A Narrative History from the Nineteenth Century into the Twenty-first Century by Call Number: LC2781 .L68 2011
Choosing Equality: Essays and Narratives on the Desegregation Experience by Call Number: KF4155 .C48 2009
Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education by Call Number: LC212.2 .F68 2009
The Other Struggle for Equal Schools: Mexican Americans during the Civil Rights Era by Call Number: LC2683 .D66 1997Available in print and as an e-book
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Call Number: KF4155 .K55 2004
White Girl: A Story of School Desegregation by E-book. This firsthand account recalls the upheaval surrounding court-ordered busing in the early 1970s to achieve school integration. Like many students at the vanguard of this great social experiment, sixth-grader Clara Silverstein was spit on, tripped, and shoved by her new schoolmates. At other times she was shunned altogether. In the conventional imagery of the civil rights era, someone in Silverstein's situation would be black. She was white, however--one of the few white students in her entire school.
