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HIS 221 - African-American History: Selma Bridge, Civil Rights, Bloody Sunday

This course covers African-American history from the Colonial period to the present. Topics include African origins, the slave trade, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, and contributions of African Americans.

Banner Selma Bridge

Library Resources

Deep in Our Hearts by Constance Curry; Dorothy Dawson Burlage; Elaine DeLott Baker; Emmie Schrader Adams; Joan C. Browning; Penelope Patch; Sandra Cason; Sue Thrasher; Theresa Del Pozzo
ISBN: 9780820322667

Publication Date: 2000-11-30

Deep in Our Hearts is an eloquent and powerful book that takes us into the lives of nine young women who came of age in the 1960s while committing themselves actively and passionately to the struggle for racial equality and justice.

Important People

Websites

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Databases

African-American Experience
Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience is the widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African...
Infobase American History
American History database spans our nation’s history—from prehistory to the present day—and was developed and curated by leading scholars in the study of American history. It is composed of articles, images, primary source documents, timelines, videos, and slideshows.