40 Lives For Freedom (PDF)
"Forty Lives For Freedom" briefly tells the stories behind the names inscribed on the Civil Rights Memorial.

The 'Forgotten'
These are the names of 75 men and women who died between 1952 and 1968 under circumstances suggesting they were the victims of racially motivated violence.

America's Civil Rights Movement
The story of the struggle to end official apartheid in the U.S. is told through the Academy Award-winning film, "A Time for Justice," and accompanying resources designed for middle and upper grades. FREE to educators.

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Recommended for middle and upper grades, this Emmy Award-winning documentary film and teacher's guide bring the Montgomery Bus Boycott alive for today's students. FREE to educators.

Mighty Times: The Children's March
Recommended for middle and upper grades, this Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees. FREE to educators.

Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights
All too often the power inherent in teaching about the Civil Rights Movement is lost by focusing on names and dates. Not anymore. This comprehensive teaching guide for K-12 educators has the capacity to help students develop a critical analysis of United States history. $25

Morrison, Toni. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Zee, Ruth Vander and Cooper, Floyd. Mississippi Morning. Grand Rapids: Eerdman Books, 2004

Books for Middle School Youth
Durham, Michael S. Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore. New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1991.

Huie, William Bradford. Three Lives for Mississippi. Oxford: University Press of Mississippi, 2000.

Moody, Anne. Coming of Age in Mississippi. New York: Dell, 1968.

McAdam, Doug. Freedom Summer. Reprint. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Parks, Rosa with Jim Haskins. Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial, 1992.

Books for High School Youth
Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Branch, Taylor. Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Carson, Clayborne, et al. The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954-1990. New York: Viking, 1991.

Carson, Clayborne, Bill Kovach, and Carol Polsgrove. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism, 1963-1973, Volume 2. New York: Library of America, 2003.

Curry, Constance. Deep In Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000.

Eskew, Glenn T. But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997.

King, Martin Luther and Clayborne Carson. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Warner Books, 2001.

Lewis, John and Michael D'Orso. Walking With the Wind. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Manis, Andrew Michael and Manisrew M. A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1999.

McWhorter, Diane. Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, Climatic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987.

Adult & Teacher Selections
Carrier, Jim. A Travelers Guide to the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Harvest Books, 2004.

Davis, Townsend. Weary Feet, Rested Souls, A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Norton, 1999.

Dittmer, John. Local People: the Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1995.

Garrow, David, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove, and Library of America. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941-1963, Volume 1. New York: Library of America, 2003.

Hampton, Henry and Steve Fayer. Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s. New York: Bantam, 1990.

Olson, Lynne. Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement 1830-1970. New York: Touchstone, 2001.

Raines, Howell. My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered, reprinted. New York: Viking, 1983.

Stanton, Mary. Freedom Walk: Mississippi or Bust. Oxford: University Press of Mississippi, 2003.

Stanton, Mary. Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000

Washington, James M, ed. A Testament of Hope: the Essential Writing of Martin Luther King Jr. San Francisco: Harper, 1990.

Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, reprinted. New York: Viking, 1988.

Articles about the Civil Rights Memorial
Bullard, Sara. "Martyrs of the Movement: Forty Who Died in the Civil Rights Struggle." American Visions, February 1990 p.36.

Cheers, D. Michael. "Dedicate memorial to 40 who died in the civil rights struggle." Jet, November 20, 1989, p.4.

Coleman, Jonathan. "First she looks inward: architect Maya Lin's Viet Nam memorial proved to be a powerful emotional reminder. Now she has created another." Time, November 5, 1989, p. 90.

"A memorial to civil rights." Southern Living, February 1991, p. 24.

Stein, Karen. "Touch Stone." Architectural Record, February 1990, p. 186.

Zinsser, William. "I realized her tears were becoming part of the memorial." Smithsonian, September 1991, p.32.

Other area attractions
Alabama Department of Archives & History

Alabama Shakespeare Festival

The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & The Dexter Parsonage Museum

Rosa Parks Museum

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at ASU

Selma to Montgomery March

National Voting Rights Museum

City of St. Jude