BLack History Month

Pathfinder

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Athena)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms:

Civil Rights -- United States
African American - Civil Rights
Minorities -- Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Social Justice

Also, specific topics such as: School Integration, Montgomery Bus Boycott, etc...

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are:

973 (History) 305.896 (Social Groups) or 323.1 (Civil Rights) or BIO (Biographies)

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following print encyclopedias are available in our media center:

  • The World Book Encyclopedia

  •  Encyclopedia Americana

  • Compton's Encyclopedia

  • The New Book of Knowledge

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    • Print Reference Resources:
    Encyclopedia of African-American heritage / Altman, Susan. REF 973
    Reference library of black America. Estell, Kenneth. REF 920 EST
    African American Almanac. Pederson, Jay P. editor. REF 305.89 PED

    Video Resources:

    The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman  VC FIC AUT

    Go tell it on the mountain  VC FIC GO

    Glory  VC FIC GLO

    Roots VC FIC ROO

    Martin Luther King, Jr.: letter from Birmingham Jail. VC BIO KIN

    Discovering American folk music   VC 781.6 DIS

    African Americans VC 973 Afr

    Slavery & freedom  VC 973.2 SLA

    Mighty times the legacy of Rosa Parks / VC B MIG

    Online Databases:

    (See Beck's Subscription Services from the Virtual Library)
     

    EBSCO
    World Book Online
    Student Resource Center
     Grolier Multimedia Online

    Some Websites to Try:

    Greensboro sit-ins : Launch of a Civil Rights Movement - http://www.sitins.com

    The Dream is Alive - http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/civilrts/dream.htm

    The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - http://pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

    Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights


     

    Great Resources

    Interactive Treasure Hunt & Quiz

    Subject Sampler
     

    WebQuest

    		  

    WebQuest

    		  

    Videoconferencing

    Adapted from: Lemon Bay Pathfinders, 2005. Created by Kathy Hutton