Spielmann/Downs

Organizations

      1. National Association for the Advancment of Colored People (NAACP)

            http://www.worldbookonline.com (NAACP results)

            http://www.worldbookonline.com/ (NAACP Article)

            http://www.naacp.org/

            http://www.infoplease.com/

      2. National Organization for Woman (NOW)

           http://www.worldbookonline.com (NOW)

           http://www.worldbookonline.com (Women's Movement)

           http://www.worldbookonline.com (Betty Friedan)

           http://www.now.org/history/index.html

           http://www.infoplease.com

      3. American Indian Movement (AIM)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com (AIM)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com (Dennis Banks)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com (Leonard Peltier)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com/ (Russell Means)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com (Wounded Knee)

People

     1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

          http://www.worldbookonline.com

          http://nobelprize.org

          http://www.thekingcenter.org/

          http://www.time.com

          http://www.mlkonline.net/bio.html

     2. Malcolm X

         http://www.worldbookonline.com

         http://www.infoplease.com

         http://www.cmgww.com/ (Biography)

         http://www.cmgww.com (Achievements)

    3. Cesar Chavez

         http://www.worldbookonline.com

         http://www.worldbookonline.com (United Farm Workers of America)

         http://www.americaslibrary.gov

         http://www.chavezfoundation.org

         http://www.lasculturas.com

    4. Thurgood Marshall - See also: Brown Vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

         http://www.worldbookonline.com

         http://www.infoplease.com

         http://memory.loc.gov

         http://chnm.gmu.edu

    5. Betty Friedan - See also: National Organization for Women

        http://www.worldbookonline.com

        http://www.nytimes.com (Obitauary)

        http://www.infoplease.com

        http://www.pbs.org

        http://www.foxnews.com

        http://search.eb.com

Court Cases

    1. Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeks, Kansas (1954)

         http://www.worldbookonline.com

         http://brownvboard.org/index.htm

         http://www.infoplease.com

         http://www.nps.gov

      2. Hernandez vs. Texas (1954)

          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu

          http://www.hispanic5.com

          http://www.law.uh.edu

          http://www.oyez.org

Laws

    1. Civil Rights Act of 1964

         http://www.worldbookonline.com

         http://www.ourdocuments.gov

         http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

         http://www.archives.gov

         and Voting Rights Act of 1965

          http://www.usdoj.gov

          http://www.ourdocuments.gov

          http://www.usnews.com

      2. Affirmative Action

          http://www.dol.gov

          http://www.infoplease.com

          http://www.factmonster.com

      3. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (1972)

           http://www.worldbookonline.com

           http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm

           http://www.now.org

      4. Title IX (1972)

           http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/

           http://www.american.edu

           http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu (Cases)

      5. Title II and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

           http://www.usdoj.gov

           http://www.mtstcil.org

           http://www.dbtac.vcu.edu

           http://www.u-s-history.com

Events

    1. Montgomery Bus Boycott

          http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/frontpage.htm

          http://www.africanaonline.com/montgomery.htm

          http://afroamhistory.about.com

      2. 1957 integration of Central High School in LIttle Rock, Arkansas

          http://www.centralhigh57.org/

          http://www.washingtonpost.com

          http://www.littlerock9.com/

      3. Greensboro lunch counter sit-in

           http://afroamhistory.about.com

           http://www.loc.gov

           http://www.sitinmovement.org

           http://www.watson.org

      4. March on Washington, D.C.

          http://www.infoplease.com

          http://www.npr.org/

          http://www.infoplease.com

          http://www.abbeville.com

          http://www.africanamericans.com

      5. Watts riots in Los Angeles     

        http://www.latimes.com

           http://www.pbs.org

           http://www.npr.org