• Exhibit
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom This exhibit commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had on a changing society.
    • Date: 2014-10-10
  • Web Page
    Civil Rights Resource Guide (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress) The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material related to civil rights, including photographs, documents, and sound recordings. This guide compiles links to civil-rights resources throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites focusing on civil rights and a bibliography containing selections for both general and younger readers.
  • Exhibit
    Voices of Civil Rights The events of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are documented through personal stories, oral histories, and photographs collected by the “Voices of Civil Rights” project, and marks the arrival of these materials to the Library.
    • Contributor: Trickey, Minnijean Brown - Ynclan, Nery - Marquez Stathis, Sandra - Monroe, Sputnik - Boggs, Grace Lee - Hargrove, Earnestine - Meier, Deborah - Green, Percy - O'Konis, Jonathan - Mingo, Lucy ... Trickey, Minnijean Brown - Ynclan, Nery - Marquez Stathis, Sandra - Monroe, Sputnik - Boggs, Grace Lee - Hargrove, Earnestine - Meier, Deborah - Green, Percy - O'Konis, Jonathan - Mingo, Lucy - Hackney, Lucy D. - Sellers, Cleveland - Hill, Oliver W. - Brownmiller, Susan - Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Carlos, John - Briggs, Jimmie - Lee, Helen Shores - McKinstry, Carolyn Maull - Kirk, Ron - Zabel, William D. - Charles, Michael Ray - Wilkins, Roger W. - Wilson, Diane - Krol, Debra Utacia - Rowles, Billy E. - Little Joe - Wilder, Lawrence Douglas - Forman, James - Bonilla, Rubén - Romilly, Constancia - Reavis, Dick J. - Horowitz, Rachelle - Steger, Michelle - Harjo, Suzan Shown - Halpern, Rosario Salgado - Oldham, Charles R. - Thompson, Larry Dean - Iverem, Esther - Adams, Victoria Gray - Tafel, Richard - Dinkins, David N. - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Jones, Doug (G. Douglas) - Lyons, Kenneth O. - Tisdale, Alice - Library of Congress - Smith, Vern E. - Jarrett, Vernon - Sloan, Lester - Seay, Norman R. - Swann-Daniels, Carol - Booth, Heather - Rivers, Eugene - Wilson, Edwin O. - Lee, Sammy - Beerman, Leonard I. - Lewis, John - Lowery, Joseph E. - Aarp (Organization) - Shores, Barbara - Holland, Endesha Ida Mae - McWhorter, Diane - Neubauer, Rita - Patoski, Joe Nick - Sims, Bernice Banks - Mapp, Marilyn - Braxton, Annye H. - Kwoh, Stewart - Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson) - Wolf, Bonny - Reid, Vernon - Doty, Juanita Sims - West, W. Richard - Pierce, Ponchitta Anne - Branch, Raylawni G. - Bowley, Andy - Beal, Gerald K. - Tisdale, Charles - Kyles, Samuel Billy - Baxley, Bill (William Joseph) - Fountain, Clarence - Davis, L. Clifford - Rosenfeld, Megan - Lewis, Dan - Frank, Barney - Fleming, Karl - Poussaint, Alvin F. - Hayes, Shirley G. - Harrington, Penny - Murray, Tawanda - Lout, Mike (James M.) - Dickinson, James Luther - Kellogg, Alex - Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene) - Collins, Wendell - History Channel (Television Network) - Whitehouse, Liz - Mease, Quentin R. - Moses, Robert Parris - King - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - Gutiérrez, José Angel - Lum, Lydia - Rosenzweig, Hannah - Williams, Juan - Smith, Jerome M. - Garcia, Isabel (Isabel G.) - Bourne, St. Clair - Uyeshima, Erin Emiko - Wunrow, Jeffrey D. - Hite, Nancy - Epps, Jesse - Fife, John M. (John Macmillan) - Lawson, James M. - Graves, Curtis - Kochiyama, Yuri - Miller, Tom - Sutton, Goodloe - Latimer, Leah Y. - Goodman, Carolyn - Landrieu, Moon - Gields, Clarence - Mashariki, Job - Andrade, Juan - Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne - Spellman, Toyin - Yamamoto, Joyce C. - Pride, Carlton
    • Date: 2005-02-24
  • Book/Printed Material
    Civil rights. Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
    • Date: 1874
  • Book/Printed Material
    Civil rights. Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin)
    • Date: 1874
  • Book/Printed Material
    Civil rights. Against the social equality of the Negroes. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Norwood, Thomas M. (Thomas Manson)
    • Date: 1874

    Resource:
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  • Book/Printed Material
    Civil rights. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis)
    • Date: 1875

    Resource:
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  • Collection
    Civil Rights History Project On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directed the Library of Congress (LOC) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to conduct a national survey of existing oral history collections with relevance to the Civil Rights movement to...
    • Contributor: Stewart, Eleanor - McDew, Charles - Hopkins, Evans D. - Magee, Clarence - Simpson, Euvester - Jones, Mary A. - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Young, Sam - Tillow, Walter M. - Vivian, C. T. ... Stewart, Eleanor - McDew, Charles - Hopkins, Evans D. - Magee, Clarence - Simpson, Euvester - Jones, Mary A. - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Young, Sam - Tillow, Walter M. - Vivian, C. T. - Mahone, Sam - Parker, Wheeler - Hill, Oliver W. - Anderson, Fletcher - Tillow, Kay - Dove, Samuel - Henderson, Juadine - Carlos, John - Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Funchess, Glenda - Derby, Doris Adelaide - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Williams, Junius W. - Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Hrabowski, Freeman A. - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - Jarmon, Charles - Tuttle, Rick - Library of Congress - McCarty, Michael D. - Montes, Carlos - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Moldovan, Alfred - Arellanes, Gloria - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Gaither, Thomas Walter - Browner, Clifford - Suggs, Harold - Abernathy, Donzaleigh - Miller, Carolyn - Zellner, Dorothy - Burras, Carol Cummings - Crosby, Emilye - Abernathy, Ralph David - Walker, Wyatt Tee - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Holloway, Eddie A. - Zapata, Luis - McLaurin, Charles - Howell, Embry - Anderson, William G. - Saunders, William - Carter, Robert L. - Varela, Maria - Walter, Mildred Pitts - Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Hildreth, Marilyn Luper - Richardson, Gloria - Crosby, Patricia A. - Bailey, D'army - Suggs, Frances L. - Cox, Courtland - Ackerman, David M. - Greene, Freddie - Anderson, Cynthia Baker - Smith, Jeanette - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel) - Dahmer, Vernon - Bassett, Emmett W. - Lucy, William - Hicks, Charles Ray - Young, Carrie Lamar - Dittmer, John - Carawan, Guy - Caldwell, Ben R. - Robinson, Reginald - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth - McKinney, Samuel Berry - Jones, James Oscar - Newson, Moses J. - Sales, Ruby - Greenberg, Jack - Lowery, Joseph E. - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Ulmer, Joeann Anderson - Guyot, Lawrence - Head, Rosie M. - Alexander, Roberta - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette - Cotton, Dorothy F. - Huggins, Ericka - Dixon, Elmer - Churchville, John Elliott - Cline, David P. - Siler, Charles E. - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Sherrod, Charles - Todd, Lisa Anderson - Broadway, Louise W. - George, Virginia Simms - Luper, Calvin - Holloway, Lucius - Branch, Raylawni G. - Crosby, David L. - Cleaver, Kathleen - Hutchings, Phil - Marshall, Cecilia - Burns, Julia Matilda - Brown, Robert J. - Griffin, Willie James - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus) - Noonan, Martha P. - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - Dudley, John F. - King, Lonnie C. - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Jenkins, Willie Elliot - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - McNichols, Steven - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Bassett, Priscilla - Russell, Bill - Seeger, Pete - Thelwell, Michael - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - Lawrence, William M. - Howell, Joseph T. - McClary, Robert - Fuller, Linda - Walker, Theresa Ann - Hicks, Darryl Robertson - Ladner, Dorie - Bates, Scott - Bruce, Walter - Blake, Harry - Bond, Julian - Miller, Grace H. - Long, Worth W. - Carawan, Candie - Conway, Purcell Maurice - Mtume, Norma - Paysour, Lafleur - National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) - Williams, Cecil J. - Diamond, Dion T. - Mosnier, Joseph - Robinson, Betty Garman - Lawson, Jennifer - Guster, Leesco - Moore, E. Maynard - Ladner, Joyce A. - Miller, James E. - Branch, Taylor - Terry, Esther M. A. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Sellers, Cleveland - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker - Strickland, William - Jenkins, Mary F. - Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley) - Richardson, Judy - Connor, Peggy Jean - Rosenberg, John M. - Sobol, Anne Buxton - Wright, Simeon - Collins, Barbara Maria - Sherrod, Shirley - Booker, Simeon - Dixon, Aaron Floyd - Sullivan, Patricia - Howard, Elbert - Bishop, John Melville - Taylor, Kieran Walsh - American Folklife Center - Jones, Jamila - Jones, Clarence - Geiger, Jack - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Breaux, Toni - Camarillo, Mateo - Clark, Robert George - Brown, Harold K. - Avery, Annie Pearl - Holloway, Emma Kate - Sobol, Richard - Abernathy, Juandalynn R. - Southern Oral History Program
    • Date: 2010

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  • Exhibit
    Acknowledgments - Voices of Civil Rights The Library of Congress wishes to thank the following staff members and specialists who contributed to the Voices of Civil Rights exhibition. The exhibition was made possible by the generous support of AARP. Special thanks to The History Channel.
    • Contributor: Aarp
    • Date: 2005-02-24
  • Web Archive
    Civil Rights Movement Veterans Civil Rights Movement history, personal stories, discussions and analysis, commentaries, and contact information by and for veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement (CORE, NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and similar organizations). Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2003-03-14
  • Exhibit
    Overview - Voices of Civil Rights The exhibition presents materials from the “Voices of Civil Rights” project—a collaboration of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress. It includes personal stories, oral histories, and photographs from the August 3, 2004 “Voices of Civil Rights” bus tour from Washington, D.C. through and of the route of the 1961 Freedom Rides to Jackson, Mississippi.
    • Contributor: Aarp - NAACP
    • Date: 2005-02-24
  • Web Archive
    Indiana Civil Rights Commission Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2001-06-02
  • Web Archive
    Iowa Civil Rights Commission Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2016-11-23
  • Web Archive
    Ohio Civil Rights Commission Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: Ohio
    • Date: 2004-10-09
  • Book/Printed Material
    Changing perspectives on civil rights / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Includes bibliographical references. A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, is available from the University of Maryland Web site.
    • Contributor: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Forum
    • Date: 1988
  • Exhibit
    Exhibition Items - Voices of Civil Rights A complete listing of items on display during the Voices of Civil Rights exhibition at the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Aarp - NAACP
    • Date: 2005-02-24
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    (Civil Rights Bill) news conference 2 photographs : color film negatives ; film width 35mm (roll format) | Caption for frame no. 23: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., holds a press conference to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1997.
    • Contributor: Graham, Douglas - Graham, Douglas (Photographer)
    • Date: 1997-06-17
  • Book/Printed Material
    Civil rights literature, past & present Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available American civil rights literature has largely been associated with speeches, letters, and non-fiction works produced by African-American activists of the 1950s and 60s such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. This volume not only examines key works of the African-American civil rights debate past and present, it also explores issues of gender equality and sexual orientation integral to civil rights studies....
    • Contributor: Varlack, Christopher Allen
    • Date: 2017
  • Exhibit
    Learn More - Voices of Civil Rights Resources related to the Civil Rights Movement include: books, library collections, online resources and lesson plans for teachers.
    • Date: 2005-02-24
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    (Civil Rights Bill) news conference 3 photographs : color film negatives ; film width 35mm (roll format) | Caption for frame no. 22: Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., Peter T. King, R-N.Y., Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., before the news conference to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1997.
    • Contributor: Graham, Douglas - Graham, Douglas (Photographer)
    • Date: 1997-06-17
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    (Civil Rights Bill) news conference 5 photographs : color film negatives ; film width 35mm (roll format) | Caption for frame no. 10: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Christopher Cox, R-Calif., Peter T. King, R-N.Y., Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, James E. Rogan, R-Calif., Charles Canady, R-Fla., and David M. McIntosh, R-Ind., hold a news conference to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1997. It would prohibit the...
    • Contributor: Graham, Douglas - Graham, Douglas (Photographer)
    • Date: 1997-06-17
  • Book/Printed Material
    American Indian civil rights handbook / Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, is available from the University of Maryland Web site.
    • Contributor: Smith, Michael R., 1941
    • Date: 1972
  • Collection
    Civil Rights History Project collection, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available One hundred and forty-five filmed oral history interviews with 175 participants in the civil rights movement in the United States and related documentation, created by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, 2010-2016. The oral histories were conducted by historians Julian Bond, Taylor Branch, David P. Cline, Emilye Crosby, John Dittmer, Will Griffin, Hasan Kwame...
    • Contributor: Stewart, Eleanor - McDew, Charles - Hopkins, Evans D. - Magee, Clarence - Simpson, Euvester - Jones, Mary A. - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Young, Sam - Tillow, Walter M. - Vivian, C. T. ... Stewart, Eleanor - McDew, Charles - Hopkins, Evans D. - Magee, Clarence - Simpson, Euvester - Jones, Mary A. - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Young, Sam - Tillow, Walter M. - Vivian, C. T. - Mahone, Sam - Parker, Wheeler - Hill, Oliver W. - Anderson, Fletcher - Tillow, Kay - Dove, Samuel - Henderson, Juadine - Carlos, John - Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Funchess, Glenda - Derby, Doris Adelaide - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Williams, Junius W. - Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Hrabowski, Freeman A. - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - Jarmon, Charles - Tuttle, Rick - Library of Congress - McCarty, Michael D. - Montes, Carlos - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Moldovan, Alfred - Arellanes, Gloria - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Gaither, Thomas Walter - Browner, Clifford - Suggs, Harold - Abernathy, Donzaleigh - Miller, Carolyn - Zellner, Dorothy - Burras, Carol Cummings - Crosby, Emilye - Abernathy, Ralph David - Walker, Wyatt Tee - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Holloway, Eddie A. - Zapata, Luis - McLaurin, Charles - Howell, Embry - Anderson, William G. - Saunders, William - Carter, Robert L. - Varela, Maria - Walter, Mildred Pitts - Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Hildreth, Marilyn Luper - Richardson, Gloria - Crosby, Patricia A. - Bailey, D'army - Suggs, Frances L. - Cox, Courtland - Ackerman, David M. - Greene, Freddie - Anderson, Cynthia Baker - Smith, Jeanette - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel) - Dahmer, Vernon - Bassett, Emmett W. - Lucy, William - Hicks, Charles Ray - Young, Carrie Lamar - Dittmer, John - Carawan, Guy - Caldwell, Ben R. - Robinson, Reginald - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth - McKinney, Samuel Berry - Jones, James Oscar - Newson, Moses J. - Sales, Ruby - Greenberg, Jack - Lowery, Joseph E. - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Ulmer, Joeann Anderson - Guyot, Lawrence - Head, Rosie M. - Alexander, Roberta - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette - Cotton, Dorothy F. - Huggins, Ericka - Dixon, Elmer - Churchville, John Elliott - Cline, David P. - Siler, Charles E. - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Sherrod, Charles - Todd, Lisa Anderson - Broadway, Louise W. - George, Virginia Simms - Luper, Calvin - Holloway, Lucius - Branch, Raylawni G. - Crosby, David L. - Cleaver, Kathleen - Hutchings, Phil - Marshall, Cecilia - Burns, Julia Matilda - Brown, Robert J. - Griffin, Willie James - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus) - Noonan, Martha P. - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - Dudley, John F. - King, Lonnie C. - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Jenkins, Willie Elliot - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - McNichols, Steven - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Bassett, Priscilla - Russell, Bill - Seeger, Pete - Thelwell, Michael - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - Lawrence, William M. - Howell, Joseph T. - McClary, Robert - Fuller, Linda - Walker, Theresa Ann - Hicks, Darryl Robertson - Ladner, Dorie - Bates, Scott - Bruce, Walter - Blake, Harry - Bond, Julian - Miller, Grace H. - Long, Worth W. - Carawan, Candie - Conway, Purcell Maurice - Mtume, Norma - Paysour, Lafleur - National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) - Williams, Cecil J. - Diamond, Dion T. - Mosnier, Joseph - Robinson, Betty Garman - Lawson, Jennifer - Guster, Leesco - Moore, E. Maynard - Ladner, Joyce A. - Miller, James E. - Branch, Taylor - Terry, Esther M. A. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Sellers, Cleveland - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker - Strickland, William - Jenkins, Mary F. - Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley) - Richardson, Judy - Connor, Peggy Jean - Rosenberg, John M. - Sobol, Anne Buxton - Wright, Simeon - Collins, Barbara Maria - Sherrod, Shirley - Booker, Simeon - Dixon, Aaron Floyd - Sullivan, Patricia - Howard, Elbert - Bishop, John Melville - Taylor, Kieran Walsh - American Folklife Center - Jones, Jamila - Jones, Clarence - Geiger, Jack - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Breaux, Toni - Camarillo, Mateo - Clark, Robert George - Brown, Harold K. - Avery, Annie Pearl - Holloway, Emma Kate - Sobol, Richard - Abernathy, Juandalynn R. - Southern Oral History Program
    • Date: 2010
  • Blog
    Experts Corner: Civil Rights Collections Ask a Librarian Digital Collections Library Catalogs The Library of Congress > Blogs > Library of Congress Blog > Experts Corner: Civil Rights Collections Search All Formats Audio Recordings Books Films, Videos Legislation Manuscripts/Mixed Materials
    • Date: 2013-08-05
  • Blog
    Civil Rights–A Long Road Ask a Librarian Digital Collections Library Catalogs The Library of Congress > Blogs > Picture This > Civil Rights–A Long Road Search All Formats Audio Recordings Books Films, Videos Legislation Manuscripts/Mixed Materials Maps Notated Music
    • Date: 2014-10-01