Welcome to this LibGuide on the history of the Civil Rights Movement. This era of social reform was also the backdrop for some great literary works.
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To kill a mockingbird by
"'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much." -- Back cover.
This novel is set against the background of racial inequality in 1930s South of the US.
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Rowland Scherman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The civil rights movement by
Civil rights movements--United States--History--
Eyes on the prize [DVD] : America's civil rights years
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.
The Turbulent 60s - 1961 by
From the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy to the growing civil rights movement to the rise of the Berlin Wall and escalating Cold War-tensions, 1961 offered no shortage of compelling events that set into motion many of the issues that would come to characterize the turbulence of the 1960s. In addition to the above-mentioned events, the authors in this anthology also describe the increasing U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, the movement for social justice on college campuses, and the folk music trend that led a young Bob Dylan to New York's Greenwich Village.
The Turbulent 60s - 1962 by
Greenhaven Press's "The Turbulent 60s series explores a remarkably influential decade in American history. Each anthology in this ten-volume set covers one year from the 1960s and offers an array of primary and secondary sources that illuminate that year's major events and developments. The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy assassination, the Woodstock music festival, and other social, cultural, and political events are brought to life through primary documents and retrospective analysis. A short summary introduces each article and provides context and biographical information. A comprehensive introduction examines the prevailing trends and mood of the year. Additional features of the series include a chronology of events for easy reference, an annotated table of contents, and a bibliography and index to facilitate further research. "The Turbulent 60s series captures both the turmoil and optimism that marked a decade of dramatic change in America. Nineteen sixty-two bears witness to some of the most crucial events of the early civil rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and judicial debate. This anthology chronicles such topics as banning prayer in public schools, developing standards for nuclear testing, the admittance of the first African American student James Meredith into the University of Mississippi, and John Glenn's historic space flight around the earth's orbit.
The Turbulent 60s - 1963 by
Greenhaven Press's The Turbulent 60s series explores a remarkably influential decade in American history. Each anthology in this ten-volume set covers one year from the 1960s and offers an array of primary and secondary sources that illuminate that year's major events and developments. The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy assassination, the Woodstock music festival, and other social, cultural, and political events are brought to life through primary documents and retrospective analysis. A short summary introduces each article and provides context and biographical information. A comprehensive introduction examines the prevailing trends and mood of the year. Additional features of the series include a chronology of events for easy reference, an annotated table of contents, and a bibliography and index to facilitate further research. The Turbulent 60s series captures both the turmoil and optimism that marked a decade of dramatic change in America. In 1963 civil rights violence created tension for proponents on both sides of the civil rights debate. This anthology chronicles such landmark events as Alabama governor George Wallace's famous blockade in front of the school house door of the University of Alabama, the Sixteenth Baptist Street Church bombing, Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic march on Washington, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Women of the Civil Rights Movement by
Women were active in every aspect of the civil rights movement often fighting gender discrimination as well as racism. Women of the Civil Rights Movement explores the roles women took on as demonstrators, organizers, fund raisers, writers, artists, and more in the fight for equal rights.
Civil Rights by
When slavery ended in the United States, white America's opinion that blacks were second-class citizens did not. For more than a century afterward African Americans struggled to obtain basic rights and change resistant attitudes in a nation that promised freedom and equality for all.
The Civil rights movement in the American south, 1945-1968 by
Civil rights--Study and teaching
Civil rights movements--United States. Southern States--Politics and Social conditions.
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The Help by
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...
The Help is a novel set in the early 1960s, against a background of civil rights change.
