Resources

NAACP

NAACP:  Vancouver, WA branch

Leann Johnson, Clark College Director of Equity & Diversity

Washington State Human Rights Commission

Civil Rights Information (from WA State Human Rights Commission):  English, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese

Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr (Scholastic.com)

The King Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Slide Show of Dr. King (1967-68, the last year of his life)

Video & text of  the "I have a Dream" speech

Quiz on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King  event at Clark College

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks:  How I fought for Civil Rights (click o the topics on the left for more information)

Other

Brief History of the Civil Rights Movement

Integrating Central High

Barack Obama

Meet Barack Obama

President-elect Obama (scholastic.com)

Obama's family

Daughter of slave votes for Obama (news article)

Presidential Inauguration:  January 20, 2009

Watch the Inauguration here!

Maps

  Inauguration Day Events

   President Kennedy's swearing-in ceremony

   Slideshow: See presidents during the ceremony

   "Facts & Firsts" of the inaugurations

   A new birth of freedom:  Inauguration Theme commemorating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth

  "So help me God":
A historical  video of the inauguration