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Dana Hall Library >> Subject Guides >> Middle School >>  Civil Rights

7th Grade Civil Rights Biography Pathfinder

Reference Sources

General Reference Sources

Collier's encyclopedia REF 031 COL [No online version]
Encyclopedia Americana REF 031 ENC [No online version]
Encyclopedia Britannica REF 031 NEW Encyclopedia Britannica Online
World book encyclopedia REF 031 WOR World Book Online

Specialized Reference Sources

American decades REF 973.9 AME
American reformers REF BC AME
Encyclopedia of American history REF 973 ENC
Encyclopedia of American social history REF 301.0973
Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century REF 973.5 ENC
Famous American women REF BC FAM
Great events from history: American series REF 973 GRE
Great lives from history: American series REF 973 GRE
Harvard guide to American history REF 973 HAR
Makers of America REF 973 MAK
The New York Public Library American history desk reference REF 973.02 NEW
The Oxford companion to American history REF 973 OXF
This fabulous century REF 973.91 THI

Other Print Sources

The following items are on reserve, because they cover a number of different topics. You may use them in the library, but you may not check them out.

The African American century: how black Americans have shaped our country BC GAT
The civil rights movement: an eyewitness history 323.1196073 WEX
A dream of freedom: the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968 323.1 MCW
Early black reformers 323.092 EAR
Famous firsts of black women BC PLO
Free at last: a history of the civil rights movement and those who died in the struggle 323.1196073 BUL
The great women BC MAR
A history of US, v. 8: An age of extremes 973 HAK, v. 8
A history of US, v. 9: War, peace, and all that jazz 973 HAK, v. 9
A history of US, v. 10: All the people 973 HAK, v. 10
Remember the ladies: the story of great women who helped shape America BC DOU
They had a dream: the civil rights struggle from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X 323.092 ARC

Online Databases

American History
Articles on topics throughout all of American history. Remember to check the Related Entries column on the left!

American National Biography
18,000 biographies that tell the story of the United States through the lives of its people.

Annals of American History
Full text of over 1500 primary source documents (speeches, interviews, writings) related to American history and dating back to 1493.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Issues & Controversies in American History
Articles on controversial topics in American history. (Hint: fights for civil rights are always controversial.)

Oxford Reference Online

World Book Online

Websites

You should find plenty of information for this project in books and databases. If you need to go to the web, you'll probably need to search on your own for your topic. Make sure to check with your librarian or teacher to make sure it's a good source!

Biography
http://www.biography.com/

The website for the television series Biography includes biographies of over 15,000 people.