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This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about the Search Terms Civil Rights Movement. (Use for computer searches) For an introduction to the topic, see: · Civil rights movement:gov (to find only government websites) · World Book online Encyclopedia (available through Magnolia Project) · Civil rights movement:edu (to find only university websites) · Civil rights history Reference Books at OMS Library (Always check for reliable sources.) · African American Almanac: History edited by Jay P. Pederson and Kenneth Estell Subject Headings · African American Almanac: Society edited by Jay P. (Use in card catalogs and print indexes) Pederson and Kenneth Estell · Civil rights demonstrations · African American Almanac: Culture edited by Jay P. · Civil rights—History Pederson and Kenneth Estell · · Civil rights workers

Resources at OMS Lower Library Call Number · 322.4 (Dewey Decimal) Books · 323.1 (Dewey Decimal) · A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights movement from · 323.1196 (Dewey Decimal) 1954 to 1968. by Diane McWhorter (2004) · 324.6 (Dewey Decimal) · and the Fight for the Vote. by · 326.1 (Dewey Decimal) Penny Colman (1993) · The by Deborah Kent (1993) Indexes and Abstracts · The National Civil Rights Museum Celebrates · EBSCOhost (available through Everyday People by Alice Faye Duncan (1995) Magnolia Project) · Selma and the Voting Rights Act by David Aretha · Reader’s Guide to Periodical (2008) Literature (available at JD · Books focusing on specific subtopics of the Civil Williams Library) Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, Birmingham church bombing, , etc.) are also available Library catalogs and may be located using the online catalog.. · Your OMS Library catalog · First Regional Library catalog Journals · JD Williams Library catalog, · Cobblestone University of Mississippi Web Pages and Web Portals · Way Back. Stand Up For Your Rights http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features.html · Segregated Lunch Counters http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsitin.htm · http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights · Ordinary People Living Ordinary Lives: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi http://www.usm.edu/crdp/html/cd/intro.htm

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