List of materials at BLA -- available in two formats.

Many more materials, including movies, are available. Search the BLA online catalog.

Databases - free printing!

Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Digital Resources" at the reference desk for home access codes and passwords.

Try the ProQuest History Study Center and search for "apartheid" or "civil rights." This month's theme is Black History Month; click on the link for many resources.

ProQuest Literature has information on Cry, the Beloved Country.

Other sources:
ProQuest eLibrary
Gale Virtual Reference and Academic OneFile

Websites

NAACP - the nation's oldest civil rights organization

TEENS: The Forgotten Face of Black History

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement -- The Seattle Times

From PBS - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report -- South African government information

Posters from The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University

Nobel Peace Prize 1984 -- Desmond Mpilo Tutu

Another great PBS resource - The Murder of Emmett Till - the brutal killing that mobilized the Civil Rights movement

The National Civil Rights Museum

The African National Congress (ANC) -- searchable

From the United Nations -- Human Rights: Historical Images of Apartheid in South Africa

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

 Citation Guides

Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.

Reference books - Check them out - REF 808.

http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.