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Possible Topics to Explore

List of potential research topics:

1. Little Rock Central High School Desegregation (1957)

2. Sit-In Movement (starting in 1960)

3. Freedom Rides (1961)

4. Albany Movement (1961-1962)

5. Birmingham Campaign (1963)

6. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

7. Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964)

8. Selma to Montgomery March (1965)

9. Voting Rights Act Campaign (1965)

10. Chicago Freedom Movement (1966)

11. Black Power Movement (late 1960s)

12. CORE's Operation Breadbasket (1962)

13. SNCC’s Voter Registration Drive (1960s)

14. Fair Housing Act Campaign (1960s)

15. De Jure School Desegregation Cases (1950s-1960s)

16. United Farm Workers' Involvement in Civil Rights (1960s)

17. Harlem Riot (1964) and Subsequent Activism

18. Fight for the 1965 Voting Rights Act in Alabama

19. Black Panther Party’s Community Programs (1966 onward)

20. Chicago's Mobilization for Youth (1960s)

21. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Campaigns (1957 onward)

22. National Urban League's Initiatives (1960s)

23. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)

24. Operation P.U.S.H. (People United to Save Humanity)

25. Detroit Riots (1967) and Subsequent Reforms

26. Watts Riots (1965) and Community Revitalization Efforts

27. Poor People's Campaign (1968)

28. Women's Political Council in Montgomery (1950s-1960s)

29. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Campaigns (1950s-1960s)

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African American Sources and Databases

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Primary Source Rosa Parks Exhibition

Rosa Parks Primary Source Collection

Books in the Catalog

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Timeline of Civil Rights in the US

This is a comprehensive timeline of Civil Rights milestones in United States History

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