The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell consist of approximately 13,000 documents. Spanning the years 1851 to 1962, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1886-1954,...

Encyclopedia entry explores the involvement of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in America's civil rights struggle throughout the late 1950s and into the mid-1960s.

Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower in response to a speech Eisenhower gave asking African Americans to be patient. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...

During the time of rising segregation in the late 19th century two African-American leaders offered two opposite views about how to advance civil rights for African-Americans. Read about the philosophies of those leaders. Booker T....

A collection of archival video clips highlighting the efforts of African Americans to fight racial segregation in education. Looks at the struggle of James H. Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962, and the resulting...

A collection of archival video clips highlighting the African American struggle for equal voting rights in 1964. Looks at the Mississippi Freedom Summer where college students helped to register black voters, the murder of three of those...

A collection of archival video clips covering the racial unrest and violence in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, including the church bombing where four young black girls were killed. Also includes clips on the murder of NAACP leader Medgar...

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was established in 1966 to promote equal rights, including equality of opportunity for women in employment.

The University of Mississippi offers a detailed biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) the famous freedom fighter is offered at this site. It includes an extensive bibliography of her works, and works about her, as well as some...

Read this 1915 essay by Alice Stone Blackwell, who outlines the basic reasons women should be granted equal voting rights in the U.S.

Read about the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), two groups that played pivotal roles in organizing nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Read about the two civil rights groups that organized nonviolent protests during the 1950s and 1960s.

This Wide Angle video features the women of Rwanda who have emerged as outspoken leaders and the great strides they have made toward rights and equality.

Read a brief overview of the history behind this executive order that integrated the segregated military and then read a copy of the complete original text.

A senior high lesson plan on segregation in schools.

Read this concise discussion of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Plessy v Ferguson. Find a synopsis of the case, the majority opinion of the court, and the dissenting opinion by Justice Harlan.

A program to put an end to the oppression of women and girls worldwide brings together an information site where visitors can find blogs, social media feeds, celebrity and crew diaries, videos, and up-to-date information about the...

This mini-lesson plan covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that extended marriage rights to same-sex couples. Students learn about the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, and how the Court's...

An explantion of how the Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka turned the concept of separate but equal on its head. See how they determined that the 14th Amendment was being violated when schools did not fund...

Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.

The women's movement was launched with the publication of the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan in 1963. After years of interviewing women, Friedan concluded that many were unhappy in their lives and unhappy with their...

This resource addresses the discrimination issues still in the air following the significant progress made between 1960's-1990's.