Sektor 6 Kommunikations: Classroom-Lesson One

Below is a link archive that augments the "LESSON 1" videos on the homepage.
Please explore and enjoy.

Interesting places to learn and explore history [and the present] from the people who lived it. The link archive below will help to provide a broad-spectrum view of where the "civil rights movement" came from and what is it's legacy.

A Panther in Africa - "A Panther in Africa," a new documentary having its national broadcast premiere on public television's P.O.V. series, is the story of Pete O'Neal, one of the last exiles from the time of Black Power, when young rebels advocated black pride, unity, community service and sometimes, violence.
www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/apantherinafrica/special_photo_06.html

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Speech on Civil Rights
www.infoplease.com/t/hist/powell-civil-rights/

Black Panthers - Though there are many who continue to claim the name as theirs, the original had more strategic intelligence and effect on our community than any that have followed.
www.blackpanther.org/

Earl Caldwell - Legendary journalist in the civil rights struggle. He was on the first floor of the Larraine Motel the day Dr. King was murdered.
www.maynardije.org/news/features/caldwell

Ella Baker - A "mother" of the movement gets her due; Ella Baker's behind-the-scenes work in organizing a vast army of civil rights activists takes center stage. Gives a nice perspective to what Ms. Baker means to the movement.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_5_5/ai_108312765/pg_1

Ella Baker - Bio from FactMonster.com
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0900720.html

Ella Baker - Bio from the SNCC website
www.ibiblio.org/sncc/baker.html

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
www.ellabakercenter.org/

Encyclopedia Britannica guide to Black History - An overview of the popular figures in Black History
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/

Estell Harvey
http://search.eb.com/women/pri/Q00160.html

Fannie Lou Hamer - Bio
www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/oh/hamertrans.htm

Frederick Douglass, "A Plea for Free Speech in Boston," 1860
http://douglassarchives.org/doug_a68.htm

Frederick Douglass - A massive archive of his writings
click here

Julia Holmes
www-dept.usm.edu/~mcrohb/html/transcripts/ manuscript-holmes_julia.shtml

Malcolm X - An academic website dedicated to the life and work of Malcolm X
www.brothermalcolm.net/

Malcolm X What he said - An amazing archive of recordings of Malcolm X. Over 17 hours of legendary speeches archived. The best way to learn about Malcolm, to listen to him.
www.brothermalcolm.net/mxwords/whathesaidarchive.html

Martin R. Delany and the Beginnings of Black Nationalism by Derrick Morrison
www.s6k.com/images/photo_media/black_nationalism.pdf

Martin Luther King, Jr; Audio Video (Has free audio and video samples and also provides educational materials.)
www.earthstation1.com/Martin_Luther_King.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.earthstation1.com/Martin_Luther_King.html

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
www.stanford.edu/group/king/popular_requests/

Mary McLeod Bethune - Bio
www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/beth-mar.htm

Sojourner Truth - Bio (Overview)
www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9840/sojourn.html

Sojourner Truth - A Bio (Very extensive)
www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/nsotrue.html

Here are a number of laws that were specifically directed toward the Black community.

American Drug Laws - The New Jim Crow
BIENNIAL SPEECH by Ira Glasser, Executive Director of the ACLU June, 1999
http://archive.aclu.org/issues/racial/bispeech99.html

Aurora Forum - Text and audio archives from people like Angela Davis, Joycelyn Elders and more.
http://auroraforum.org/audio/audio.asp

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Home page
www.bcri.bham.al.us/

Black Arts Movement
www.umich.edu/~eng499/

Black History hotlist
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html

Black Wallstreet
www.daveyd.com/blackwallpolitic.html

Findlaw - This is a legal document resource website, but the documents are fun to browse through and are mostly understandable by the non-lawyer, like us.
www.findlaw.com/01topics/36civil/database.html

From Swastika to Jim Crow
www.pbs.org/itvs/fromswastikatojimcrow/racism.html

Harriet A. Washington - Author of Medical Apartheid
www.medicalapartheid.com/

Historic Text Archive - Has links, with explanations, to over 40 document rich sites.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=105

Human Rights Record of the United States
part one part two

The "official" website for the Juneteenth celebration
www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

A "Northern Lynching," 1949. Remembering the Trenton Six Case By Peter Salwen
http://salwen.com/trenton6.html