CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PATHFINDER

Civil Rights Movement Pathfinder

Electronic Databases (Currently featured on the library website at: <https://terronezlibrary.edublogs.org/>).

1. Click on either the Biography Resource Center or the Biography Resource Center: African-Americans

2. Click on the “Start of last name” button.
3. Type in the person’s last name first.
4. Click on the “Search” button.
5. This will bring up at least one article on the person – click on the articles to read them.
6. Also, click on the Websites tab and check out those resources.

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2. Nettrekker — http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/ See Mr. Barnett for the username and password.  Nettrekker is a safe and reliable way to search the Internet. It offers sites written at your grade level.

3. Check out the many links found at my Black History Page.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia also offers students another board online reference work. Use this resource only if you find another source that verifies its information. (Note: that is a piece of advice you should follow for all reference works).

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Books – Reference

1. The Worldbook Encyclopedia – REF 030 WOR
2. The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans – REF 920 KRA
3. Encyclopedia of World Biography
4. Contemporary Heroes and Heroines – REF 920.009 CON

Books – General

1. We Shall Overcome – 323.1 FIN
2. The 1963 March on Washington – 323.1 MIL
3. The Montgomery Bus Boycott – 323.1 MIL
4. Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides 323.1 MIL
5. American Voices From the Civil Rights Movement – 323.1 STR
6. Struggling for Civil Rights – 323.119 FIT
7. Struggling for Civil Rights – 323.119 FIT
8. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka – 344.73 MIL
9. Going to School During the Civil Rights Movement 379.2. KOE
10. The Little Rock Nine – 379.2 MIL
11. Extraordinary African-Americans – 920 ALT (Students, this is the a great resource).

Biographies are in the “92” section of the library.

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