FSCC SUBJECT GUIDE

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Quick Links This subject guide contains information in electronic format as well APA/MLA Style as links to print resources on topics related to the Civil Rights Guides Movement in the United States.

FSCC Home Page A Timeline of notable Civil Rights Movement events may be found

on the PBS Website. FSCC Library

Information sources to AVOID include Wikipedia and the Google FSCC Library Catalog search engine. Kansas Library Card Login (State The tabs to the left and below link to information sources that may Databases) be accessed through the web and in the FSCC Library.

State Databases (Does not require KLC login in Kansas) DATABASES Academic Search Premier (General Resources on all topics)

History Reference Center (Articles and e-books on history-related topics)

and

Newspaper Source Plus (Recent newspaper articles on current and historic issues)

are all available on the State Library Databases Page.

PRINT RESOURCES

FSCC Library Catalog

Kansas Library Catalog

EBOOKS

EBSCO E-Books– State Library Database Books that may be read in your browser

GALE History E-Books (only available on campus)

Google Books Full and partial books on civil rights topics

VIDEOS

About the March on Washington Brief video about the March and the “I Have a Dream” speech.

The Birmingham Children’s March A CBS News story about the historic event.

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 Various events in the history of the Civil Rights Movement

Finishing the Dream (NBC Learn) Actual NBC News footage of events as they happened.

WEB RESOURCES

Voices of Civil Rights A multimedia exhibit of the Library of Congress

Freedom Struggle A multimedia exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Civil Rights Site Information about Civil Rights Movement events during the Kennedy Years

APA AND MLA STYLE GUIDES

Perdue Online Writing Lab