Grade 7 Research: Civil Rights Era Activists
Stokely Carmichael
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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American Public Media audio clip
- PBS video
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The March Against Fear - BMS library book
- March Against Fear - public library book
Myrlie Evers-Williams
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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CUNY Address audio clip
- Visionary Project video
- Leaders of Black Civil Rights - public library book
Jesse Jackson
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
- Leaders of Black Civil Rights - public library book
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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I Have a Dream speech (subtitled)
- Scholastic video
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Martin Luther King Jr - public library book
- Who Was MLK Jr? - public library book
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Nina Simone
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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Nina Simone’s website
- NPR article and videos
Mamie Till-Mobley
- Infobase African American History
- World Book (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Thurgood Marshall
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Shirley Chisholm
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Mary Church Terrell
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Ella Baker
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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Ella Baker Center website
- National Civil Rights Movement video
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Making Our Way Home - public library book
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Peace, Love, Action! -public library book
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Rad American Women A-Z - public library book
- Fifty Black Women Who Changed America - public library book
Julian Bond
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
- Free at Last - public library book
Marian Wright Edelman
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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50 Black Women Who Changed America - public library card
Katherine Johnson
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Jo Ann Robinson
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Eleanor Roosevelt
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
James Baldwin
- Infobase African American History
- World Book (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
Ruby Bridges
- Infobase African American History
- World Book (AskRI.org)
- Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
Coretta Scott King
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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Academy of Achievement video
- MLK Nonviolence Series video
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Coretta Scott King - public library book
- Coretta Scott King - public library book
John Lewis
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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NPR video
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PBS Learning Media video
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Freedom Riders - BMS library book
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Legendary Labor Leaders - BMS library book
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March: Book One - BMS library book
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March: Book Two - BMS library book
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March: Book Three - BMS library book
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Run: Book One - public library book
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March: Book One - public library book
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March: Book Two - public library book
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March: Book Three - public library book
- Freedom Riders - public library book
Roy Wilkins
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Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
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World Book Student (AskRI.org)
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Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
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Smithsonian article and video
- City of Saint Paul video
Dorothy Height
- Infobase History Research Center
- World Book Student (AskRI.org)
- Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)
- Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)