With this rather remarkable timeline, the staff members of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum have brought to life a pivotal year in the struggle for civil rights in the United States: 1963. While the historic events on the timeline begin in 1939 and span all the way to 1965, the interactive element is limited to this one tumultuous year. Readers will want to Enter the Timeline to...

On May 12, 2009, the U.S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009. This law directs the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture to conduct a survey of existing oral history collections with reference to the Civil Rights Movement. This site brings together a range of...

Born in Stonewall, Texas in 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson would later become president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and oversee one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history. Located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, the Johnson Library and Museum was dedicated in 1971 and is part of the system of presidential libraries administered...