Great Technology Resource for Civil Rights Profs

From the Chronicle's Wired Campus report:

Whether you want to supplement some great technology resources you already use or you want to ease into using technology, the two civil rights resources described below are a great way to engage Millennials in their study of civil rights. One of the great advantages to the Internet is the ability to show things easily that used to require proficiency in threading a reel-to-reel projector. Think of these digital libraries as the modern equivalent of the Cronkite "You Are There" TV series.

May 27, 2008
The Civil-Rights Era, Now on the Web

Voices and images from the civil-rights movement are now on the Web at the Civil Rights Digital Library, created by the University of Georgia.

The library features 30 hours of historical news footage showing such events as the
desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and Martin Luther King Jr. accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.

The site also holds images of historical documents, diaries, and letters. The library joins other sites, such as Columbia University’s Amistad Digital Resource, in documenting the civil-rights era. —Josh Fischman