LibGuides: BA Goes to Birmingham: Databases and Internet Resources

Databases

African-American History This link opens in a new window
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture.
American History - ABC-CLIO This link opens in a new window
American history from the colonial era and American Revolution through the nation’s 20th century rise as a global superpower.
American History - Infobase This link opens in a new window
With American History, students can delve deep into their topics or examine different perspectives through event and topic entries.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biography In Context offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images.
Explora This link opens in a new window
Explora is EBSCO's engaging interface for students, teachers, and librarians. Contains an amazing array of information geared toward high school students.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
This database provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

Websites

Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park)
Meeting place for demonstrations during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

16th Street Baptist Church
The church served as a headquarters for the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. It was bombed in September of 1963, resulting in the deaths of four young girls.

A.G. Gaston Motel and Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Served as headquarters for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Carolyn McKinstry
Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and author.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the BCRI is a cultural and educational research center.

Dreamland BBQ
Delicious ribs, cooked the same way for over 50 years.

Fred Shuttlesworth
Minister and Civil Rights Activist who helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
A Civil Rights organization whose first president was Martin Luther King Jr.

Freedom Riders
Student activists who rode buses into the Deep South to protest segregation.

T.K. Thorne
Former Police Chief of Birmingham and author of "Last Chance for Justice".

McWane Science Center
McWane Science Center's mission is to "spark wonder and curiosity about our world through hands-on experience".

Dexter Ave Baptist Church
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor from 1954 to 1960.

Legacy Museum
The museum dramatizes slavery, racial terror, segregation, and racial hierarchy in America.

National Memorial for Peace and Justice<
Dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, and African-Americans humiliated by segregation and Jim Crow.

Rosa Parks Museum
Memorial to the life of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Civil Rights Memorial Center
A memorial to 41 people who died in the struggle for equal treatment for all people.