Primary Sources

"A Century of Racial Segregation - "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty (Library of

Congress Exhibition)." Library of Congress Home. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html>.

This website gave me information on the 14th amendment which guaranteed privileges and citizenship to

African Americans. This is part of reconstruction which is part of my course. This website also

shows many committees of organizations that focus on banishing segregation.

"Daily Life on a Plantation: Slavery, Primary Sources, and Multimedia : The Colonial

Williamsburg Official History Site." Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site. Web.

26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/february03/techtips.cfm>.

This website has information about slavery including a slave’s daily life on a plantation and the

experiences they went through, like living in barracoons, a place were they keep pigs and other

animals. This website will be useful for my cause, which is slavery.

"Order of Argument in the Case, Brown v. Board of Education." National Archives and Records

Administration. Web. 26 Mar. 2011. <http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-

case-order>.

This website is a helpful source because it has actual documents about: order of argument in the case,

Brown v. Board of Education, in which segregated schools was debated. I am going to use the

Brown v. Board of Education case as an example of the course segregation went though.

"Slavery and the Making of America . For Teachers . Primary Sources | PBS." PBS: Public

Broadcasting Service. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

 <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/primary-source.html>.

This website includes a list of primary source documents available through out slavery and the making of

America, after the civil war. This will be useful for my topic because slavery was the main cause

of segregation.

"The Supreme Court . Expanding Civil Rights . Primary Sources | PBS." PBS: Public

Broadcasting Service. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/sources_document7.html>.

This website discus the civil rights, which are the rights every American is born with, such as voting. This

website has all sort of great images about segregation which I will use to show what segregation

looked like.

"Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement - 1950 to 2010." Crescent Public Schools - Crescent,

Oklahoma - Home of the Tigers. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://crescentok.com/staff/jaskew/TAH/projects/civilrights/timeline2.htm>.

This website talks about the black codes, which limited African Americans, their freedom. These codes

lead to the Jim Crow laws, even stronger discrimination laws.

"Why Does It Take Evil Racist Republicans to Repeal Jim Crow Laws? | Scared Monkeys."

ScaredMonkeys.Com. Web. 26 Mar. 2011. <http://scaredmonkeys.com/2005/04/28/why-

does-it-take-evil-racist-republicans-repeal-jim-crow-laws/>.

Jim Crow included laws that discriminated against African Americans with concern to attendance in public

schools and the use of facilities such as restaurants, theaters, hotels, cinemas and public baths.

Trains and buses were also segregated and in many states marriage between whites and African

American people. These laws led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case, one of the major cases that

dealt with segregation.

 Secondary Sources

The American Civil War Round Table of Australia, Inc. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://acwrta.tripod.com>.

This Website includes a picture of President Abraham Lincoln during the civil war.

"Barack Obama - ReligionFacts." Religion, World Religions, Comparative Religion - Just the

Facts on the World's Religions. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.religionfacts.com/politics/barack_obama.htm>.

This website has a picture of today’s president Barack Obama.

"Constitutionalism and Federalism | Reconstruction Amendments (13/14/15) | Event View."

Xtimeline - Explore and Create Free Timelines. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=37920>.

This website explains in detail the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments which I will include in my course of

Reconstruction. Reconstruction was the era in which America was trying to better the lives of

African Americans.

The History of Jim Crow. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm>.

This website includes historical background such as reconstruction, which was created after civil war to

better the life of African Americans but just created a whole new level of discrimination toward

blacks.

"The New South." American History 102: Oldest American History Site on the Internet --

Established in 1996 --. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/weblect/lec02/02_05.htm>.

This website includes a picture of the case Plessy v. Ferguson.

"Plessy V. Ferguson: Separate but Equal?" Washoe County School District. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/americanhistory/secondary/lessons/lessons_std05/hogan_

k.html>.

This website discussed the debate of Plessy v. Ferguson in which the debate is whether whites and

blacks should share facilities or be separate but equal. This case is part of my courses; it is one

of the major cases in segregation.

"Racial Discrimination in America - Civil Rights Lawyers | CivilRightsLawFirms.com." Civil

Rights Lawyers | Attorneys for Discrimination and Harassment |

CivilRightsLawFirms.com. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.civilrightslawfirms.com/topics.cfm/racial-discrimination-in-america.html>.

Racial discrimination is discussed in this website, as being one of the consequences of segregation.

"13th, 14th and 15th Amendments - BlackHistory.com." BlackHistory.com - Celebrating Black

History Month - Every Month! Web. 26 Mar. 2011. <http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-

bin/blog.cgi?blog_id=60916&cid=54>.

These amendments represent freedom and equal rights to every US citizen. They are used in many

cases, like Brown v. Board of Education.

"Today's Document from the National Archives." National Archives and Records

Administration. Web. 26 Mar. 2011. <http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-

doc/index.html?dod-date=518>.

In this website there is a picture of the actual Plessy v. Ferguson case, in which it made it legal for blacks

and whites to be separated.

"What Was Jim Crow?" Ferris State University: Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI,

Grand Rapids MI, Off Campus Locations Across Michigan. Web. 26 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm>.
This website game me many detailed examples about the Jim Crow laws, these examples help show

people the discrimination African Americans went through.