The HELP

Now that you have read The Help, use the following website to explore the events and effects of the Civil Rights movement.

Resources

kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html

This link will take you to a sit for American history of the 1960s.  Especially useful are the sections about historic events and sports.

www.biography.com

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html

This website is an index of important events in the Civil Rights Movement.  There are more links on the page that take you to helpful sites for further research.

seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk

This site is all about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.  It has his biography and his importance in the Civil Rights Movement.

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/

This site shows historic places in the Civil Rights Movement.  It has links that correspond to specific places or events of the Civil Rights Movement.

www.ibiblio.org/sncc/

This site details sit-ins, freedom riders, and marches held in protest of segregation.

library.thnkquest/C004391F/

This discusses the turbulent times in the Civil Rights Movement and goes over all the major events of the time.