Desegregation on the Web: A List of Internet Resources

Abstract

African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship. The Civil Rights Era, Parts 1 and 2: . This site high lights items in the Library of Congress exhibit on the African American struggle against racial inequality. The civil rights era is one of nine chronological periods examined. Part 1 examines school desegregation within the larger context of the movement. Featured are documents and photographs with brief descriptions of the Brown decision, Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine, and James Meredith and the University of Mississippi. Part 2 deals with breakthroughs in the arts and sports. The Constitution Community Page: Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education; . Part of the National Archives and Records Administration's Digital Classroom, this site contains documents, historical background, resources, and teaching activities relating the Brown decision to the Fourteenth Amendment and the powers of the Supreme Court. The lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government. Definition of Terms: . This web page provides a useful glossary of words, phrases, and terms related to discrimination. Compiled by the Midwest Equity Assistance Center, it is compre hensive, concise, and clear. Exploring Constitutional Con?icts. Separate But Equal!: . This site, maintained by Doug Linder of the University of Missouri?Kansas City Law School, explores the issue of separate but equal by examining five landmark cases: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938); Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954); Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan (1982) and United States v. Virginia (1996). It includes texts of the five cases, questions, suggestions for further reading, and related links. Constitutional Con?icts was created for use by law students; however, the information and issues presented are accessible to lay, nonacademic audiences and advanced high school students. From Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education: The Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation: . Maintained by the Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute, this site explores the controversial issues of forced desegregation and raises thought-provoking questions about the role of the federal govern ment and the desirability and/or necessity of racial diversity. It includes a narrative of historic Supreme Court decisions, classroom materials, sample lesson plans, and annotated teacher and student bibliographies. The site also contains material on the civil rights struggle, racism in education, equality of educational opportunity, and the history of school desegregation. The lessons are aimed at students with a high school reading level. In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: . The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research created this site to commemorate and interpret the history of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Made available by the Washburn University School of Law, it contains