Youth in the Civil Rights Movement
Pictures of the Civil Rights Movement
March from Selma to Montgomery ( 1965)
http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.08102/ Civil Rights March on Washington DC (1963) https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.03128/ |
Boy watches as the mob marched in Little Rock (1959)
http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.03094/ Police officer wielding baton at young protester in Tennessee (1964) https://www.loc.gov/item/00652484/ Young marcher accosted in New York (1964) https://www.loc.gov/item/2015650855/ |
VideosTurning 15 on the road to freedom
Lynda Blackmon's story. Vividly described the struggles and determination of teenagers like Lynda who sacrificed childhood for freedom. No more: the children of Birmingham 1963 and the turning point of the Civil Rights Movement
This video documentary captured the organizational skills topped with determination of young blacks in Birmingham, Alabama and how the reactions of the authorities countered the peaceful approach of the young blacks who just wanted equality. |
Letter, Periodical, Court Document etcLetter from Daisy Bates to Wilkins
This letter from Daisy Bates who supported the desegregation of the schools in Arkansas wrote about the conditions faced by the black students and the willingness of other blacks students to support the movement. Court records from Peterson v. Greenville, SC Court records showed teenagers who were arrested and brought to court for refusing to leave a lunch counter in Greenville South Carolina. |