Welcome to the Brandywine Heights High School Library
"The only thing that you absolutely have to know,is the location of the library." - Albert Einstein
Click here for access to the Library (Google) Classroom.
The code is on the Password list.
Click here to get passwords
First stop should be the databases we subscribe to (under the database tab)
Links to help with Civil Rights.
The Presdiential library of JFK is a place to seacrh to find information about the Civil Rights movement while JFK was in office and how his adminstration dealt with the issues
The Lyndon B Johnson presidential library also has an EXCELLENT section on Civil Rights.
Click on the image to the left and you can access photos, audio segments and a timeline of civil rights from when LBJ took office.
Our friends at Shmoop have a section on the Civil Rights movement. Click on image to go to site
Don't let the title fool you. In addition to images AP also has audio & video recordings. To use this from home you will need a PUBLIC LIBRARY card.
Through the LIbrary of Congress you can access the African American Odyssey collection which has a section dealing with the Civil Rights Era. It provides access to primary sources dealing with the era.
This site has information on the Greensboro sit-in
Time magazine has a photo essay about the sit-in movement.
The National Park Service has a a site that covers historic places of the Civil Rights movement like the march on Selma.
The American Experience tackled three important events of the civil rights movement. These sites give you access to the films and a great deal of more information on these topics.
Primary Sources
If you see this on the above sites it means there are also primary sources on the site