Building Background

• Civil Rights Movement (eThemes Unit)

• These sites are about the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. from 1954-1971. Includes several timelines with the major events of the era explained. Take an online tour of several historical spots. Topics include the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little Rock Central High School, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. Read about civil rights leader Malcolm X and a first-hand account of the Freedom Rides of 1961. There are links to eThemes Resources on Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Black History Month.

• Civil Rights Movement (Pete's PPTS)

• Dr. Martin Luther King (Pete's PPTS)

• US Civil Rights Movement Many Links/PowerPoints from Pete's PPT Station)

• Civil Rights Movement (McDonn.org)

• Segregation/Rosa Parks   (McDonn.org)

• Rosa Parks  (Pete's PPTS)

• 13th, 14th, 15th Amemdment PowerPoint

• Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents of
• 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Jim Crow laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The History of Jim Crow
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS
• Jim Crow laws — Infoplease.com
• Examples of Jim Crow Laws
• American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congr.
  Reconstruction: A State Divided

• MrBerlin.com - Reconstruction and the Changing South

• Reconstruction PowerPoints

• Black History (Pete’s PowerPoint Station)

• Rosa Parks (Many Links/PowerPoints from Pete's PPT Station)
• Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site - Curriculum Materials (U.S. National Park Service)
• Education prior and up to 1954 PowerPoint
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Jeopardy Game) PowerPoint
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (PowerPoint 2)
• Reconstruction and the Changing South (1863–1896) Interactive Self Quiz (Pearson)

• The Convict Lease System by Frederick Douglass

• The History of Jim Crow The Convict Lease System

• Catholic leaders closely watched racial segregation issues of 50 years ago

• The struggle for Civil Rights Region 8 (Includes Several Lessons)

• Civil Rights in Louisiana Region 8

• Vermilion Parish Curriculum Links Unit 9-Activity 6
• LPB Presents: Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
• LSU Libraries: Baton Rouge 1953 Bus Boycott Exhibit
• Baton Rouge Boycott Background
• The First Civil Rights Bus Boycott : NPR

• Redeemers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Main Menu, Plessy v. Ferguson, Landmark Supreme Court Cases

• Plessy v. Ferguson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . Plessy v. Ferguson | PBS

• Sharecroppers / Election of 1876 / Jim Crow Laws / Plessy v. Ferguson PowerPoint

• 13th, 14th, 15th Amemdment PowerPoint

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Baton Rouge Boycott of 1953, A Recaptured Past:

• The Southern Institute for Education and Research, Civil Rights Education:

• Famous People: Ruby Bridges (eThemes Unit)

• PBS: Civil Rights Era Timeline

• Ruby Bridges
• Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Online NewsHour: A Conversation with Ruby Bridges Hall
• Ruby Bridges Biography and Ruby Bridges Interview
• The My Hero Project - Ruby Bridges
• Ruby Bridges, an icon of New Orleans integration
• African American World . History . My Story | PBS
• Ruby Bridges Story for Children (Manatee) and Quiz
• Lesson Plan - Ruby Bridges
• Connecting with Ruby Bridges | Scholastic.com
• The Civil Rights Digital Library :: The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953: A Recaptured Past
• Witness to the Truth: My Struggle for Human Rights in Louisiana
• History of Dozier Elementary (Story of Robert and Frances Dozier's Legacy to Educate their children in the early 1900's)