Explores the influence of the Emancipation Proclamation on African American life in the United States, from 1865 through the 1960s. Provides a timeline and a glossary.

Companion to a PBS film about four college students who, in 1960, began a sit-in in North Carolina, one of the pivotal moments in the American Civil Rights Movement. Features biographies, photos, related links.

Presents audio clips, articles, and photographs about the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins that started February 1960. Includes a timeline and video clip of the unveiling of the statue honoring the occasion.

Presents writer profiles on the reporters and journalists of the Civil Rights Movement, a timeline for 1941 through 1973, and personal recollections from reporters active in that era.

Joint effort of AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR). Project overview, stories, history, civil rights today, and resources.

Companion to the PBS documentary. Features a timeline of the event and subsequent trials, a map, information on related people and events, documents.

Resources for and about veterans of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, including memorials, stories, commentary, a bibliography, Web links.

Browsable chronology of the militant African American group formed in Oakland, California, from its origins in 1960 to the present. Includes audio, video, transcripts of speeches, and a bibliography.

"Six Years of the the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee." Presents views and activities on nonviolence, Vietnam War, white liberalism, feminism, Black Power, profiles of prominent members, timeline, sound files.