The Assignment
Civil Rights Chronology Project
Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar
This assignment will enable you to work as individuals as well as a group to discover the historical background for our study of the Civil Rights Movement. In the process, you should begin to encounter resources for information as well as interconnections of ideas and themes.
Instructions:
- Each of you will be assigned THREE of the persons, places or events from the list on this guide. Using available research tools, you should discover the details AND significance of your chronology items. Please make use of the internet to discover details. You may also find your American History book or reference sources helpful. Use at least 2 dependable sources and record the citations. What is still controversial about that event or person?
- Print out a visual representation for your item that is suitable for a class time line on the Civil Rights Movement. Pictures, cartoons, slogans, or other symbols are possibilities.
- You should also be ready to do a brief (5 min.) presentation on each of your items and their significance. Hand in your typed presentation report (at least a half-page) with the citations at the end. Your grade will be partially based on the strength of your sources.
- Presentations will begin on Monday, August 29th.
Need research help? Email the library team!
Significant Persons, Places, and Events
Significant Persons, Places, and Events:
Dixiecrat Party
Plessy v.
Brown v. Board of Education of
Publishing of W.E.B. DuBois’s Souls of Black Folk
A.Z. Kelley v.
James Lawson firing at Vanderbilt
Freedom Rides
March on
Malcolm X Assassination
1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Voting Rights Act
1968 Civil Rights Act
SNCC
Black Panthers
MLK, Jr. Assassination
Watts Riots
James Meredith enrolls at
Emmett Till murder
Medger Evers murder
Fannie Lou Hamer
March from
SCLC
MIA
Freedom Summer (Deaths of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner)
Library Databases
The library subscribes to databases that are unavailable on the web. They can be extremely helpful to you in your search for information for this project. You can search by subject or alphabetically.
Primary Sources for U.S. History
What is a primary source?
A primary source is first hand evidence. It was there at the time of an event. It is contemporary to the period being studied. Examples of primary sources are speeches, letters, songs, legislation, court decisions, journals/diaries, interviews, artifacts, autobiographies, and photographs.
- Primary Sources WikiBe sure to scroll down and find the "Event Specific" section, where you will find several sites concerning civil rights.
- American Memory CollectionAmerican Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.
- National ArchivesThe National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept forever.
- PBSInterested in finding information about a particular person, organization, event, or element of American history? Twelve subject categories help you explore various themes and locate the facts you're after and provides a list of topics and people and the webisodes in which you can find their stories. Or simply enter a word or phrase about the issue you are researching.
NoodleTools Link
Set up a NoodleTools account (if you don't already have one). Then create a project page, under which you may create citations and use notecards for this project. MAKE SURE you know your username and password. Log in before you leave the library, and if you can't get in one of the librarians can reset your password.
Library Books
Check Destiny, the MBA library's online catalog (OPAC), has books on your subject. Be sure before you go to the shelves that you have written down the call number. Ask one of the library staff for help if you need it!
If you create an account in Destiny, you can create a customized list of books and websites. Interested? See Mr. Quinn or Mrs. Klausner.
Websites
Destiny, MBA's online catalog, has preselected websites on Webpath Express. In addition to summaries for each website, you may filter the content by grade level and domain.
Online Encyclopedias
While general in nature, encyclopedias often provide a starting point to obtain a general overview of an event or a person.
Ebooks
This link will take you to the library's ebooks, which are in the boxes at the bottom of the page. SPECIFICALLY check "MyiLibrary" as one of the ebooks is on the history of civil rights in America.
Off-Campus Access to Databases and Ebooks
Refer to this if you need usernames and passwords when not on campus. You must log in to the MBA website to see this list.
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