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This link is to a PBS site about George Wallace and his “stand in the schoolhouse door.”
@ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/

This site contains information and pictures concerning George Wallace’s stand for segregation at The University of Alabama.
@ http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/spring96/wallace.html

Information about the First African Baptist Church.
@ http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al1.htm

This site provides an excellent plan with primary documents to analyze for the Selma to Montgomery March.
@ http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/selma-mont.htm

This site suggests that the route taken by the Selma to Montgomery marchers is “perhaps the most important road” in the America because of its significance in the Civil Rights Movement. This site provides historical information as well as travel information.
@ http://www.scenic-america.com/alamarch.htm

This site provides a retrospective look at the events that took place in Selma as well as an examination of what happened to the participants over 30 years later.
@ http://www.al.com/civil/selma.html

Click Selma, 1965 in the left menu to read a brief overview of the events that took place.
@ http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

This site has links to more information about Bloody Sunday in Selma.
@ http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/bloodysunday/index.htm

This site sponsored by the Alabama Department of Archives and History provides photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March.
@ http://www.archives.state.al.us/cvl/cvl_rit1.html

CNN story- “Selma: Where Visitors Can Walk the Walk”
@ http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/selma/index.html

Site offers a history of Selma, Alabama.
@ http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100100a.htm

This site provides a brief overview of the Selma to Montgomery march.
@ http://www.nps.gov/semo/

An overview of the Civil Rights events which took place in Selma is presented.
@ http://www.selmashowcase.com/civilrights.htm

First Baptist Church
@ http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al3.htm

Brown Chapel AME Church
@ http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al2.htm

This site provides an overview of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Links to a timeline and an article on Rosa Parks can be located at this site. The site is sponsored by Africanaonline.com a website developed for African American consumers.
@ http://www.africanaonline.com/montgomery.htm

This site provides an article on present day Montgomery and its celebration of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery.
@ http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/
montgomery/index.html

Click on to Montgomery Bus Boycott in the left frame to learn more about the bus boycott.
@ http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

Visit this site to locate additional resources on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
@ http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/busboycott/

Site contains information abou the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
@ http://home.att.net/~reniqua/index.htm

This site gives a detailed accounting of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and offers further links.
@ http://home.att.net/~reniqua/what.html

CNN story- “Montgomery Celebrates Civil Rights movement”
@ http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/montgomery/index.html

Information about the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al7.htm

This site provided a brief overview of the events of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. Also, the site presents present monuments to the this era that can be found in Birmingham.
@ http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/birmingham/index.html

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute provides a wealth of primary sources, oral histories, and exhibits on the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Teachers click onto curriculum guide to learn how to receive a curriculum that can be used to present the Civil Rights Movement to your students.
@ http://bcri.bham.al.us/

This site provided by the HISTORYNET provides additional resources, photos, and articles about the 16th Street Baptist Church.
@ http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/16thstbombing/index.htm

This provides historical background information on the bombing the of 16th Street Baptist Church
@ http://www.africanaonline.com/church_bombing.htm

Scroll down on the left menu and select Birmingham 1963 for an overview of Civil Rights events in Birmingham and link to Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
@ http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

CNN story- “Birmingham Enshrines Civil Rights Struggle” http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/birmingham/index.html

This site offers a short biography of former Birmingham police commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor.
@ http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu/moore.site/Pages/birmingham7.html

 

 

 

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