- The Free Speech Movement Archives: The historic Free Speech battle at Berkeley in 1964 helped to launch an era of student activism.
- Civil Rights Movement Veterans: Online memoirs of the people who changed the face of America. Former UM SDS member Marc Steiner is among those featured.
- Poetic Justice: In 1935 Thurgood Marshall and Donald Murray challenged racial segregation at the University of Maryland.
- Parren Mitchell Biography: In 1950 Parren Mitchell challenged segregation at the University of Maryland with the help of Thurgood
- Marshall. He later went on to serve 8 terms in the US Congress.
- SDS Resources: Documents and links about the largest radical student group of the 1960’s.
- JoFreeman.Com: Jo Freeman’s activist history goes back to the Civil Rights Movement and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. A long time feminist and scholar, her site is a treasure trove of articles and photos covering her long career.
- BlackPanther.Org: The historical legacy of the Black Panther Party.
- History of Student Activism: An excellent reading list that takes you back to 1798 (no kidding!)
- Gibbs Plaza Historic Site: A memorial to the two students who were shot to death at Jackson State University in 1970.
- May 4 Task Force: History from the viewpoint of Kent State University. Their motto: Long live the spirit of Kent and Jackson State!
- The Sixties Project: Sign up for the Sixties E-List or browse the archives. You’ll recognize some of the names.
- Viet Nam Veterans Against the War: This one is for Madison, Jim, Gerhard, Charlie, Larry, Mickey, Danny, Tim and all the vets who returned from that god-awful war to fight for justice on US campuses-- Thanks.
- CWLU Herstory Project: Though focused mainly on the story of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, it features feminist documents that were required reading in the early days of the women’s liberation movement...you can also order reprints of those classic feminist posters that decorated so many walls in the old days.
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