MLK Symposium 2008: Civil Rights in Education Resources

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience contains essays, key research, primary sources, timelines, video clips and images related to Black studies. It was developed in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the New York Public Library.

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Selected recent books about civil rights in America:

• Freedom Riders : 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2006)
• Black, White, and Brown : The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect (2004)
• Simple Justice : The History of Brown vs Board of Education and Black America's Struggle For Equality (2004)
• Silent Covenants : Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform (2004)
• A Lawyer's Journey : The Morris Dees Story (2001)
• Weary Feet - Rested Souls : A Guided History Through the Civil Rights Movement (1998)

Click below to search the Greenwood Library catalog for selected materials about:

• African American civil rights in the 20th century
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Civil rights workers
• Race relations in the U.S.
• Segregation in education

 

For a collection of articles from 1950 to 1970 about Brown v Board and civil rights in education, including the Farmville school closings, ask for the Brown v Board notebooks, LA380.P74 B77, at the Circulation Desk.

If you've seen any of these films, click on the stars to rate them. See also DVDs and Videos related to civil rights in Prince Edward County, Virginia.