The key concepts are:
- Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
- Key figures in the fight for Civil Rights (Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Black Panther Party, Nation of Islam)
-Key figures in passing the Civil Rights Laws (Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ)
- How did things improve in the 1970's.
You can use these websites or your own to help research.
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
- http://www.historybits.com/civilrights.htm
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/20th_century/civil_rights_movement_america/revision/2/
- http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/civilrightsstruggle1/a/timeline1960.htm