LibGuides: Civil Rights Movements 1950s-70s: Home

Databases

These resources provide reliable sources and ready-made citations.

Scroll to middle of page and click on Access Databases. Use alpha list to find the following:

Issues & Controversies, Explora Multi-Search (be sure to select full text)

History Reference Center

The following websites rely on valid sources. They will not automatically create citations.

Civil Rights Digital Library
Focuses on racial equity
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Information and links about a variety of American protest movements.
Calisphere: Social Reform
A visual gallery of social protest in the U.S. in the 50s-70s
A History of Social Movements in the U.S
Information on Civil Rights, Environmental, Women's and Labor movements in the U.S. Be sure to scroll down for the correct decades.
Library of Congress
This link focuses on Civil Rights, but search for other social justice movements in the top right.
The History Channel
This page takes you to history of the 70s. If you want the 50s or 60s, type social justice issues of (decade) and search.

Select SM South on the right side
Log In: upper right corner in blue bar
use student number and password
Go to catalog
Type your search terms in the Find area - put in quotes. Ex: "women's rights"
Click on Subject
Select Websites or One Search tab
If you select One Search, wait a bit and then click on Get Results at the bottom

EasyBib
Might require you to watch an ad, but follow the directions and it is easy to cite a site.