Primary Source Links

1. McCain Library & Archives, the University of Southern Mississippi. Click on manuscripts and photographs at http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/index.html

2. Wilfred George Randall’s website. Randall was a professional photographer who captured images of the Civil Rights Movement.    http://www.kingstonuu.org/mlk-photo0a.htm

3. Charles Moore website. Moore was also a professional photographer who captured images of the Civil Rights Movement. http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu/oldsite/moore.site/ Another powerful website of Moore’s work is available at http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml Click on the word that describes the type of photo you are searching for.

4. Chris Crowe is a writer. His books include Mississippi Trial and Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case  His website displays several Civil Rights photos at http://www.chriscrowe.com/civilrights/gallery.html

5. The Birmingham News (online newspaper) has several unpublished photos and many images at http://www.al.com/unseen/

6. Documents from the National Archives are available at http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-rights.html

7. Alabama Department of Archives and History. Scroll to the bottom of the page and check out the documents as well as the photographs. http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/rights/rights4.html

8. American Radio Works. Click on the slideshow at http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/

9. PBS Freedom, a History of the US, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/tools/browser14.html Be sure to select the correct time period. You can also use the Picture History browser tool on the right hand side of the screen.

10. Images may also be retrieved at www.images.google.com

(Websites were active and retrieved on October 13, 2008)

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