Civil Rights Research

Click "Cases and Matters" for current filings under the Civil Rights category, "Press Room" for speeches and press releases, and "Publications" for pamphlets and other documents.

Learn about what employee rights are, find news on EEOC cases, and explore the definitions and various forms of employee discrimination.

Find linked resources for issues like age discrimination, rights for veterans, rights for immigrants, and more.

Photos from the speaker and film series hosted at MSU Libraries in the spring of 2014. Speakers include scholars, a lawyer, and participants in Freedom Summer.

An exhibit sponsored by the Library of Congress containing personal stories in the form of photographs, oral histories, documents, and more

The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Civil Rights Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.

Mississippi was a focal point in the struggle for civil rights in America, and Hattiesburg, home of The University of Southern Mississippi had the largest and most successful Freedom Summer project in 1964. The civil rights materials collected at the University are an indigenous resource of the region. They document a local history with truly national significance.

In February of 2001, the Spokesman-Review produced a month long series of articles on black history titled "Through Spokane's Eyes Moments in Black History," focusing in particular on the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Hear radio interviews with notable figures in the Civil Rights Struggles, read biographical profiles, and find more information on events that shaped the history of civil rights in the United States.

MSU Research Guide: In 1963, Coach Babe McCarthy and the MSU Basketball team were forced to sneak out of state in order to play against Loyola (Chicago) in the NCAA Tournament, defying the "Unwritten Rule" that Mississippi teams could not play against integrated schools.