A RAISIN IN THE SUN & CIVIL RIGHTS RESOURCES

     created by Peggy Beck Haines & Julie Rion

See also ONLINE RESOURCES  for paid subscriptions.  FOR INFORMATION ON LORRAINE HANSBERRY, SELECT GALENET'S LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER. FOR INFORMATION ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, SELECT GALENET'S HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER.

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ABOUT A RAISIN IN THE SUN AND LORRAINE HANSBERRY

            A RAISIN IN THE SUN: JIM CROW TRAVELS NORTH
            A RAISIN IN THE SUN AND THE MID TO LATE 1950s 
            LORRAINE HANSBERRY (CLASS PROJECT FROM BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
       LORRAINE HANSBERRY, A RAISIN IN THE SUN (WEB ENGLISH TEACHER)
             PERSPECTIVES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE - A RESEARCH AND REFERENCE GUIDE
              VOICES FROM THE GAP: WOMEN WRITERS OF COLOR

AFL-CIO

                AFL-CIO: AMERICA'S UNION MOVEMENT

BLACK HISTORY RESOURCES

                HOTLIST OF SITES 
                THROUGH THE LENS OF TIME: A PHOTO JOURNEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION RESOURCES

CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY

                CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA)
                CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE 
                CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE (THINKQUEST PROJECT)
                MISSISSIPPI AND FREEDOM SUMMER

DRED SCOTT DECISION

                DRED SCOTT: INTRODUCTION

FREEDOM RIDERS

                FREEDOM RIDES

HARLEM & HISTORY OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE RESOURCES (SEE ALSO HARLEM RENAISSANCE RESOURCES FOR AUTHORS AND ARTISTS OF THE MOVEMENT.)

                CREATIVE AMERICANS: PORTRAITS BY CARL VAN VECHTEN 1932-1964
                HARLEM 1900-1940: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
                HARLEM: MECCA OF THE NEW NEGRO
                THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (USC SITE)
                THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: A THINKQUEST PROJECT
                THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND THE FLOWERING OF CREATIVITY
                1920's RESOURCES

 JIM CROW LAWS

               CREATION OF THE JIM CROW SOUTH
               THE HISTORY OF JIM CROW
               "JIM CROW" AMERICA
                "JIM CROW" LAWS 
                REMEMBERING JIM CROW

KU KLUX KLAN RESOURCES

                KU KLUX KLAN (THE READER'S COMPANION TO AMERICAN HISTORY)
                KU KLUX KLAN (INFOPLEASE)
                KU KLUX KLAN (SPARTACUS) 
                KU KLUX KLAN (STONE MOUNTAIN PROJECT)

LITTLE ROCK NINE RESOURCES

                BACKGROUND OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE (FOLLOW LINKS FOR "GOVERNOR FAUBUS RESISTS INTEGRATION," "THE LITTLE ROCK NINE ENTER CENTRAL HIGH," " EISENHOWER SENDS FEDERAL TROOPS," "PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN")                
                THE LITTLE ROCK NINE  
                LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
                LITTLE ROCK 9, INTEGRATION O? : A COLLABORATIVE WEBQUEST ON RACIAL DESEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS (PACIFIC BELL)
                ON THE FRONT LINE WITH THE LITTLE ROCK 9 (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)

LYNCHING RESOURCES

                 ABOUT LYNCHING
                 DEFINITION OF LYNCHING
                 LYNCHING (SPARTACUS SCHOOLNET)
                LYNCHING IN AMERICA
                THE PRESS AND LYNCHING OF AFRICAN AMERICANS

  MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. RESOURCES

                MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ON THE NET    
                MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (Seattle Times)
                THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PAPERS PROJECT
                 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH
                MARTIN LUTHER KING WEB  
                TIMELINE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. & CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT RESOURCES

                MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT (ALABAMA MOMENTS IN HISTORY)
                MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT (NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM)
                THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT (PERSONAL SITE WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY)
                THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT 1956 (WEB CHRONOLOGY) 
                ROSA PARKS AND THE BUS BOYCOTT

NIGHT RIDERS RESOURCES

               NIGHT RIDERS: THE KLAN AND THE KNIGHTS

PARKS, ROSA

                ROSA PARKS RESOURCE CENTER

PLESSY V. FERGUSON

                PLESSY V. FERGUSON

PREJUDICE & BIGOTRY

                NAACP TIMELINE OF FIGHTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION     

RED SUMMER 1919

                A KILLING SEASON:  'RED SUMMER'  OF 1919
                RED SUMMER (AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD)
                RED SUMMER 1919

REDLINING RESOURCES

                 DEFINITION OF REDLINING (INFOPLEASE)
                 INSURERS HAVE A HISTORY OF REDLINING

"REDNECK"

                INFOPLEASE.COM DEFINITION
                MERIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINITION

ROSEWOOD

           REMEMBERING ROSEWOOD

              ROSEWOOD: THE FILM
      

SEGREGATION RESOURCES

                CRISIS IN LITTLE ROCK: SEGREGATION DEFINED
                THE END OF SEGREGATION
                UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SEGREGATION IN AMERICA'S HISTORY: A WEBQUEST ACTIVITY

SHARECROPPER RESOURCES

                  MY REMEMBERS: A BLACK SHARECROPPER'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DEPRESSION
                  THE NEW DEAL FOR SHARE-CROPPERS
                  SHARECROPPER PLANTATIONS

TILL, EMMIT

                THE EMMITT TILL CASE, 1955
                EMMIT TILL MURDERED   
                THE MURDER OF EMMIT TILL

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

                THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (ALABAMA MOMENTS IN HISTORY) 
                TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: LEST WE FORGET
                TUSKEGEE AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR II

"UNCLE TOM"/ "UNCLE TOMMING" RESOURCES

                "UNCLE TOM" DEFINITION: INFOPLEASE
                "UNCLE TOMMING" (SCROLL TO THE 6TH PARAGRAPH FOR A DEFINITION.)

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