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Featured Books

Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr by Michael Vinson Williams
Call Number: 323.092 E93yWm 2011
Main Collection
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Michael J. Klarman
Call Number: 323.1 K63f 2006 an Ebook Central
ISBN: 0-19-512903-2
Publication Date: 2006
Available in print Main Collection and online in eBrary
The Roots of Rough Justice: Origins of American Lynching by Michael J. Pfeifer
Call Number: 364.134 P525r 2011; also available as an ebook
ISBN: 9780252036132
Main Collection & ebook
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Call Number: 370.19344 K66s 2004
Main Collection

Streaming Documentary Films

Streaming Films

As a student, you have access to great educational films, and film segments, from the database called Films on Demand. Linked below are some featured films from that database, as well as online videos. Use the links below or try a search in the database directly.

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Search or browse for films on many topics, such as Anthropology, Biology, Business & Economics, Careers, and many more.

The Strange Demise of Jim Crow Stream online in Films on Demand
Banished Available online in Films on Demand

Further Research

U.S. History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window Full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, reference sources, primary documents, and selected websites.
History Reference Source (EBSCO Explora) This link opens in a new window Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, EBSCO History Reference Source is a research database containing full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and thousands of primary source documents.
History Study Center (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Primary and secondary sources covering global history from ancient times to the present day. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics. Over 40,000 documents, articles, images and links to websites.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College
ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window Full-text newspapers, magazines, and academic journals
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Search or browse for films on many topics, such as Anthropology, Biology, Business & Economics, Careers, and many more.

Web Resources

Jim Crow in America - Smithsonian
An article with primary source documents, from the larger online exhibit "Separate Is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education" from the Smithsonian
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow from PBS
While this website is no longer maintained, the online exhibit provides first-hand stories from those fighting for equality or those living thru the Jim Crow Era. There are some interactive mpas and timelines with short articles about different people, places, and events, and online resources for teachers.
Library of Congress: Jim Crow and Segregation
Part of the Primary Source sets at the Library of Congress, this small collection features some primary source materials such as photos, documents, and more.

Jim Crow
Gale eBooks
Who Was Jim Crow: National Geographic

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