Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Links to help you with your Civil Rights Project!

US Census Bureau - find tons of statistics about different groups in the US

List of all 27 US Amendments: Click herehere, and here

Disability Related Organizations - for those of you studying the rights of persons with disabilities

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Workers' Rights: this fire killed 140 people and publicized the terrible working conditions of workers in the early 1900's.

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/reform/civilrights.htm - Discusses the amendments that gave rights to African Americans, Wormen, Persons of Disabilities, and "rights of the accused," or criminals/prisoners.

Gilder Lehrman Institute - great resource for American History

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