WRIT1003-3H/3R: Rhetorical Analysis Essay Research Guide (Civil Rights Movement): Online Resources for Civil Rights History

Includes information on Jim Crow Laws, the Little Rock Nine, Bloody Sunday, the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and more.

This exhibition, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had on a changing society. The act is considered the most significant piece of civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in voting, public accommodations, public facilities, public education, federally funded programs, and employment. Audiovisual stations throughout the exhibition present archival footage of the era, as well as contemporary interviews with civil rights leaders and activists reflecting on the civil rights era.