Instructional Materials Timeline

Support student learning experience with primary sources! The Library of Congress is a great resource. The identified photos are organized in chronological order and are just a sample of what is available on the Library of Congress website.

Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement:
April 1963 to September 1963

1. April: MLK Jailed in Birmingham
   
   1. Letter from Birmingham Jail:
      http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/
      undecided/630416-019.pdf
   2. Letter from Birmingham Jail Read Aloud
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHnKeajhoIw
   3. Symbol of the Movement—Water Fountain:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2010636944/
2. May: Children’s Crusade
   
   1. Remembrances and Nightly News Clips:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV0k-3Hkjsw
   2. Dedicated Statue of Kelly Ingram Park Foot soldiers:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2010636981/
   3. Sculpture located at Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2010636935/
   4. Sculpture located at Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2010636978/
3. June: Medgar Evers and Vivian Malone
   
   1. Civil Rights Teaching—Meet Medgar Evers:
      https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/voting-rights/medgar-evers
   2. NCAAP History: https://www.naacp.org/naacp-history-medgar-evers/
   3. Vivian Malone is awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Alabama and addresses a graduation class:
      http://throughthedoors.ua.edu/vivian-malone.html
4. July–August: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
   
   1. Marchers Arriving by Bus: https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648843/
   2. Marchers Arriving at Union Station:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2013649706/
   3. Marchers with Signs: https://www.loc.gov/item/2013649711/
   4. Marchers with Signs: https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648849/
   5. Marchers: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.37252/
   6. Aerial View: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.37248/
   7. View of Huge Crowd From the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ds.04417/
   8. Civil Rights Leaders Meet with President Kennedy:
      https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648833/
   9. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom:
      https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/march-on-washington/preparing-for-the-march.html
   10. March on Washington—In front of Lincoln Memorial:
       https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/march-on-washington/leonard-freed.html
   11. Bayard Rustin and Poster:
       https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.35538/
   12. MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech”:
       http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm
5. September: 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
   
   1. 16th Street Baptist Church: https://www.loc.gov/item/2010646316/
   2. Birmingham Church Bombing:
      https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/birmingham-church-bombing