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Omar Serrano
Professor Sheila Smith
English 101
February 11, 2015
Civil Rights Movement
"Civil Rights Movement." History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. In this article by History.com, many things pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement are discussed. The background of the movement is discussed such as all the civil rights acts and the several boycotts. The March on Washington, Freedom Summer, and the Selma to Montgomery March are all discussed in this article. It touches the subject of Black Nationalism and what happened after the civil rights movement.
"Southern Poverty Law Center." Why The Civil Rights Movement Matters. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. Although short, this source is mainly about how what is taught to students in classrooms about the Civil Rights Movement is not enough and that is was bigger than just Rosa Parks and “I Have a Dream”. It calls for a change because the Civil Rights Movement was too important than to have some of the information taken out of textbooks and not taught to people.
Alvah, Donna. "Civil Rights Movement." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 200-206. U.S. History in Context. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. This article will be helpful because it talks about the demand for social change after World War II and that was one factor that started the movement. It also talks about the movement from the 1950s through the end of the 1960s. It mentions the legacy of the movement and how it transformed American culture forever.
"Civil Rights Movement." Civil Rights Movement. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2876.html>. This article is useful because it breaks down the Civil Rights Movement into events and discusses the impact of each one. It even goes all the way into the 1990s instead of just making it seem like the war for rights ended in the 1960s. Also includes quotes from important figures during the Civil Rights Movement.
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