Civil Rights Movement: "Black Power" Era Websites

Civil Rights Movement: "Black Power" Era Websites

Valerie Reitman and Mitchell Landsberg, "Watts Riots, 40 Years Later," Los Angeles Times (2005)

Valerie Reitman and Mitchell Landsberg report in the Los Angeles Times on the Watts Riots, 40 years later. The article includes a photo gallery, front-page headlines from the days of the riots, and interviews with police officers and citizens who participated in, witnessed, and were arrested during the riot.

Interviews with the Black Panther Party

UC Berkeley's Library Social Activism Sound Recording Project on the Black Panther Party includes a detailed timeline and several interviews with prominent members of the Party discussing a variety of topics including shootouts with the Oakland Police Department.

The Tuskegee Experiment

The Tuskegee Health Benefit Program established by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a detailed history of the 40-year clinical study in which 399 poor Black sharecroppers were denied treatment for syphilis.