Overview of Civil Rights Movement http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Type Civil Rights Movement in the SEARCH box, then click on Civil Rights Movement link

[This is fairly long with some difficult vocabulary, but is seems fairly comprehensive
Go to bottom click on link to Brown vs. Board, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)]

Pres. Johnson’s speech after signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act. –
"We believe that all men are created equal, yet many are denied equal treatment." (White House, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1964)
Real Audio is needed to hear http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Go to speeches archive, find Pres. Johnson's speech,click on it
 

Affrimative Action definition:, Link to Bakke vs. Regents of University of California
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/00160.html
 

Voter Registration and Turn out by Race: http://www.fec.gov/pages/Raceto.htm

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