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Ebscohost
Use this database to locate articles on the civil rights movement the key activisits.
Gale Biography
Provides biographical information on some of the key players in the civil rights movement (e.g. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X)
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
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Oxford Reference
Use this database to find dictionary definitions and quotations from the civil rights movement.
World Book
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Credo Reference
Often very brief articles. Use references to locate other information about the Civil Rights Movement within the same source.

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* Civil Rights Timeline
Indicates the milestones in the Civil Rights Movement. Use their imbedded links to find out more on a topic. From InfoPlease.com
* Historical Places of the Civil Rights Movement
Identifies historical locations in the civil rights movement. Provides a photograph and an explanation to a specific sites relevance. General information on the civil rights movement is also provided. From the U.S. National Park Service.
* Life: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
A photographic tribute from Life Magazine
* Malcolm X
Timelines, quotations, speeches, photographs, interview transcripts and original documents plus sound recordings of speeches are included with bibliographical information on Malcolm X.
* Malcolm X: A Research Site
A chronology of significant events, bibliographic information for both Malcolm and his family, speeches and photographs, are a sample of the information provided on this web site.
* Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site Georgia
Visit the birthplace of King in the "Sweet Auburn" section of Atlanta, Georgia.
* Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
Contains secondary documents written about Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as primary documents written during King's life. From the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta.
* National Civil Rights Museum Memphis
located in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was tragically assassinated April 4, 1968; the world's first and only comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form.
* The Negro is Your Brother
Martin Luther King's letter from a Birmingham Jail. Originally published in The Atlantic, August 1963
* Our Shared History: Celebrating African American History and Culture
* Seattle Times Martin Luther King Jr. Page
Includes a timeline of significant events in Martin Luther King's personal life, a timeline of the civil rights movement, photo gallery and audio excerpts from some of his famous speeches. Provides links to other sites on the civil rights movement.
* USM Oral History Civil Rights Documentation Project