Civil Rights Movement and Back to Africa Movement
Marcus Garvey started the Back to Africa movement in repsonse to the treatment of African Americans in America.
· Research his beliefs and the movement, and in a report sum up your findings and their impact on the African American community and the country as a whole. Do you agree or disagree with this movement? Explain fully.
· In a presentation, develop a costume or a visual to explain the movement and its concepts, while summing up your findings.
· Type a MLA formatted Works Cited page for any "borrowed" information.
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· Research the important figures and their difference/similar beliefs of how African Americans could deal with race relations. Who was peasceful, and who wasn't? What worked, and what did not? How powerful was the movement? Report your findings in a report, and sum them up for the presentation.
· Include in your report, who/what concepts do you agree with from the movement?
· You must have a physical prop to include with your presentation that represents the movement: costume, poster, painting, etc.
· Type a MLA formatted Works Cited page for any "borrowed" information.
Materials available from SBISD Campus Libraries
These materials listed below may be shared across the district. Please contact your campus Librarian for details in how to obtain items from other campuses.
Click on the title for more information about the book or item.
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Call # |
TITLE |
Available Campus |
NOTES |
920 HUD |
Book of Black Heroes A to Z |
BCE, HBE, NHE, SOE, TWE |
Garvey among others |
920 SCH |
A Century of Great African Americans |
MMS, SBMS, SBEC |
Garvey among others |
920 SHA |
Shapers of America |
SWHS |
Garvey among others |
920 ARC |
They Had a Dream |
MHS, NHS, NMS, SOE |
Garvey among others |
920 ARC |
Famous Young Rebels |
NHS, SFMS |
Garvey bio |
92 GAR |
Marcus Garvey biographies |
most secondary campuses |
search |
92 GAR |
Black Power & the Garvey Movement |
MHS |
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323.119 B |
Black Power Revolt: A Collection of Essays |
SWHS |
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323.1196 P |
Free at Last? Civil Rights Movement & the People Who Made It |
NHS, SHS, SWHS |
various leaders |
323.1196 MCW |
A Dream of Freedom: Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968 |
LMS, MMS, SFMS, SBEC, WAIS, others |
leaders, court cases, history |
323.1 ALT |
American Civil Rights Movement: African American Struggle for Equality |
MMS |
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323.4027 W |
American Crusade: History of the Civil Rights Movement |
SWHS |
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323.1196 LIV |
Living Through the Civil Rights Movement |
WAIS |
Includes effects on the South |
973.92 L |
Album of the Fifties |
MHS, NHS, SHS, SWHS, SFMS, SBMS |
Includes Civil Rights issues |
973.92 H |
All the People |
NHS, BHE |
Includes Civil Rights issues |
306.0973 BOW |
Bowling, Beatniks, & Bell-bottoms: Pop Culture of the 20th Century |
MHS, NHS, SHS, SWHS |
v4 40s,50s v5 60s 70s |
VR 323.11 E
VR 973.0496
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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights (several related videos) |
most secondary campuses |
History, leadership, events |
973.0496 E |
Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader |
SHS, SWHS |
Speeches, documents |
323.1 C |
Civil Rights Movement |
WAIS |
Essays of 50s, 60s issues |
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Subscription Resources: Restricted to SBISD. Password information is available from campus librarians.
Facts on File African American History - use search box for keyword or go to topics including civil rights philosphy, civil right leaders, civil rights timeline
ABCClio American History - use search box for keywords or use go to Eras and scroll down.
Discovery Education videostreaming - use "civil rights" in search box. Includes: Civil Rights: Long Road to Equality - good for overview. Short segment in Restless Society.
Online Resources:
Marcus Garvey Official Site
Marcus Garvey - several documents included
PBS American Experience Marcus Harvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind - Program includes People & Events, Timeline
Marcus Garvey & UNIA Papers Project
NYPL Schomburg Center Harlem 1900-1949 - includes information on Garvey.
Marcus Garvey's Back to Africa Movement
Marcus Garvey - background information from Wikipedia
Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. & African Communities League - background information from Wikipedia
UNIA-ACL Official Site
Civil Rights Movement Veterans
We Shall Overcome Historic Civil Rights Places
Civil Rights Documentation Oral History Project
Civil Rights Memorial - timeline format
National Civil Rights Museum
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