Annotated Bibliography
“60 Years Ago - Roslyn Rallies for Civil Rights.” The Bryant Library , June 8, 2020. https://www.localhistory.bryantlibrary.org/post/60-years-ago-roslyn-rallies-for-civil-rights.
“1968: East Los Angeles Walkouts.” A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the U. S. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/east-la-walkouts. Student led walkout by Hispanic students to fight for a better education.
Aftergood, Steven, Linda Bilmes, Neta Crawford, Anita Dancs, Lyle Goldstein, Heidi Peltier, Miriam Pemberton, and Brian Smith. “U.S. Federal Budget.” Costs of War | Brown University. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/economic/us-federal-budget. Breaks down Federal dollars used for war and military.
Allentown Art Museum. “Prints and Protest: 1960–1970.” October 18, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/prints-and-protest-1960-1970/. Used for student centers activity for self paced research.
American Pictures. “White Supremacy.” n.d. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.american-pictures.com/gallery/usa/index_white_supremacy_1.htm. A look at the other side. The majority of the pictures of black people are demeaning, degrading, menial, and exaggerated. The photographer also makes his point that he enjoyed his time with members of the KKK and how they were all kind, loving, reformed drug users who found family and belonging in the Klan.
Andrews, Paul. “The Forgotten Freedom Riders of 1961 - Lost in History.” LOST IN HISTORY - Books, Posts, Podcasts, & Mini-Docs - PAUL ANDREWS, July 10, 2026. https://lost-in-history.com/the-forgotten-freedom-riders-of-1961/. Shows images and tells stories of the good and the bad of being a Freedom Rider.
Artbook D.A.P. “Amos Paul Kennedy Jr: Citizen Printer Flip Through Video” March 17, 2026. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgB0PUsMyrY. If you would like to see the book without finding a hard copy.
Bearden, Romare. “Mysteries of the Prevalence of Ritual .” 1964. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-spiral-group-amplified-diversity-black-artists-1960s-america. How the Spiral Group amplified the diversity of Black Artists in 1960s America.
“Best Practices for Designing Flyers.” Northwestern University. Accessed July 12, 2026. https://www.northwestern.edu/brand/applying-the-brand/signage-environmental-branding/flyers.html. Tips for making better fliers. Students will use this as a guideline for making fliers.
Birk, Sandow. “The TPF in Sheridan Square (Stonewall 1969).” Sandow Birk. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://sandowbirk.com/stonewall. Done in 1999 as a remembrance of the 1969 event.
Brown, James. “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.” YouTube. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hj1iWqoYEc&list=RD4hj1iWqoYEc&start_radio=1. Concert and performance footage of James Brown along with images of black people in daily life and at rallies and marches.
“Children’s Crusade of 1963.” History.com. Accessed June 29, 2026. https://www.history.com/videos/childrens-crusade-of-1963. Story of the children’s walkout from schools to protest and seek equality in schools.
“Civil Liberties.” Legal Information Institute. Accessed July 12, 2026. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/civil_liberties.
“Civil Rights Act | Summary, Facts, President, & History .” Britannica . Accessed June 21, 2026. https://www.britannica.com/event/Civil-Rights-Act-United-States-1964.
“Civil Rights Movement: Timeline, Key Events & Leaders.” History.com, December 19, 2025. https://www.history.com/articles/civil-rights-movement. This link has a table of contents under the first image which is helpful for information on various protests, events, and laws. The professionally made signs in the image at the top create an interesting comparison and compare well to other images, such as the Freedom Riders hanging out the bus with their handmade signs.
Clausen, Ina, and Woody Guthrie. “Woody Guthrie Quote and Image Card .” Poster Museum. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://postermuseum.com/. Made as a money maker for the movement. The artist used a Woody Guthrie song quote with an image she created, put it on cardstock as a screen print.
“Clenched Fist with Stars and Stripes.” Library of Congress. Accessed July 23, 2026. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017647455/. Scroll to see other images below of clenched fists of different artists and different styles.
Cooke , Sam. “Chain Gang.” YouTube, 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn5aIfZElE.
Crosby, Emilye, Judy Richardson, and Emilye Crosby and Judy Richardson. “Voting Rights Act: Beyond The Headlines.” SNCC Legacy Project - The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project, October 2, 2022. https://sncclegacyproject.org/voting-rights-act-beyond-the-headlines/. Government involvement in voting rights and stories of the fight to end the struggle.
Cuneiform Press. “A People’s Curriculum for the United States Workshop: Political Public Poster Pedagogy”. n.d. Accessed July 22, 2026. http://cuneiformpress.com/?product=a-peoples-curriculum-for-the-united-states.
De Nichols, Diana Dagadita, Molly Mendoza, Saddo, Olivia Twist, and Diego Becas. Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering and Activating Art for Your Revolution. Somerville, Mass: Big Picture Press. 2021. Excellent book for students to learn about creating protest art.
Domínguez, Ashley D., and Julio Cammarota. “Revolutionizing Education, Revitalized: Creative Resistance through Youth Participatory Action Research”. Routledge. 2026. Described as a resource and a call to action for students.
Douglas, Emory. “Revolution In Our Lifetime.” If It’s Hip, It’s Here, August 4, 2022. https://www.ifitshipitshere.com/emory-douglas-revolutionary-art-for-the-black-panthers/. Many great prints here. Some are in color, some in black and white. All done by Emory Douglas.
Dunn, Ashley E., Constance C. McPhee, and Allison Rudnick. “Art, Protest, and Public Space.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. October 1, 2021. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/art-protest-public-space. Protest images from various times and places with descriptions.
Dylan, Bob. “Blowin’ in the Wind (Official Audio).” YouTube. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFj8uDubsE.
Edwards, Melvin. “The Lifted X.” MoMA , 1965. https://www.moma.org/artists/.
“Freedom Rides.” The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Accessed July 19, 2026. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/freedom-rides#:~:text=During%20the%20spring%20of%201961,CORE’s%20goals%20for%20the%20rides. Pictures of the rides and the riders.
“The Greensboro 4 Make Civil Rights History .” YouTube, December 21, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AS7jJvOVqI.
Hendricks, Monet. “The Lasting Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech.” Social Studies, May 16, 2025. https://www.socialstudies.com/blog/the-lasting-legacy-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-i-have-a-dream-speech/. From “I have a dream” to “I will not move from this seat”. A look at the Sit In movement.
Guevara, Ernesto “Che”. June 30, 2009. “Socialism and Man in Cuba”. Pathfinder Press. From one of the leaders of the protests in favor of extreme socialism and communism.
Hammons, David. “The Door (Admissions Office).” Artsper Magazine, July 1, 2022. https://blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/10-artworks-that-defined-the-civil-rights-era/.
“Home - Will Rogers College Middle & High School.” Accessed April 29, 2026. https://rogers.tulsaschools.org/. Used for percentages for students.
Jones-Hogu, Barbara. “Unite”. 1969. Museum of Modern Art. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/400198?sov_referrer=art_term&art_term_slug=black-arts-movement. Unite is a powerful art piece; the website also has other works of Jones-Hogu.
Jura, Aaron. “The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s | Overview & Protests - Video .” Sutdy.com. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://study.com/learn/lesson/video/civil-rights-movement-1960s-leaders-protests.html.
Kaplan, Geoff. 2013. “Power to the People: The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974”. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Images of protest, prints, local magazine covers, comics.
Kennedy, Amos Paul Jr. September 17, 2024. “Citizen Printer”. Letterform Archive Books.
Book with printed pages of Kennedy’s amazing print work.
Kennedy, Amos Paul Jr. November 12, 2024. “Sista Said: Words of Wisdom from Women of Color in Social Justice & the Arts”. Letterform Archive Books. 6”x9” printed cards with quotes from women of color.
Kenney, Nancy. “Whitney Acquires Abstract Expressionist Painting by Norman Lewis.” The Art Newspaper - International art news and events, September 28, 2021. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/02/07/whitney-acquires-abstract-expressionist-painting-by-norman-lewis. Painting used for 1960 lesson. Image of strange KKK figures.
Kent State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. Digital Collections. https://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/3498. Kent State newsletter to protest after the Kent State Murders. It had information about rallies, news articles, cartoons, and even a request in its newsletter for screenprinters and artists to help with leaflets, posters, banners, magazines, etc.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 2010. “The Trumpet of Conscience”. Boston: Beacon Press. Words beyond “I have a dream…”. Lectures and speeches given by MLK Jr. that promoted resistance and protests, but discouraged violence.
Lewis, Norman. “American Totem”. 1960. The Art Newspaper - International art news and events https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/02/07/whitney-acquires-abstract-expressionist-painting-by-norman-lewis. Image for 1960 to be viewed with “Chain Gang”.
Lo Monaco, Louis. “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963 .” MutualArt, January 1, 1986. https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/7-Works--We-Shall-Overcome/EBE9590008C3A72D?login=1.
McGuire, Barry. “Eve of Destruction.” YouTube, July 1965. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I. Video shows scenes of training new soldiers, soldiers at war, and people marching in the streets and protesting. Note the signage used.
Menkart, Deborah. “Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond ‘I Have a Dream.’” Zinn Education Project, January 16, 2026. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-beyond-i-have-a-dream/.
Muller, Mary Lee. “Imagery of dissent, protest art from the 1930’s and 1960’s”. March 4-April 16, 1989. Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1989. Book full of protest images, mostly from the 1930’s and the 1970’s, but great examples of different printing processes.
Museum of the City of New York. “LGBTQ Rights.” n.d. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/lgbtq-rights.
Munro, Salis. October 18, 2022. “Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest”. Letterform Archive Books. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736863304?lv=shuf&ie=UTF8&channelId=500&ref_=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top&plpRedirect=mhFallback.
Nicnick, James. “Prints and Protest, 1960–1970.” Allentown Art Museum, May 25, 2021. https://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/prints-and-protest-1960-1970/.
Northwestern University. “Flyers.” n.d. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.northwestern.edu/brand/applying-the-brand/signage-environmental-branding/flyers.html. This website deals with creating a flyer and some general guidelines.
“Notable Events of the 1960s.” Portland Center Stage, March 5, 2025. https://www.pcs.org/features/notable-events-of-the-1960s. List of many of the major events of the 1960's.
Odetta. “Got My Mind On Freedom.” YouTube. Accessed July 8, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWXEBMAT4Ec&t=40s.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Fine Arts Introduction. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/osde/documents/services/standards-learning/fine-arts/OAS-FA.pdf.
“¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now.” Smithsonian American Art Museum. Accessed May 15, 2026. https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/chicano-graphics.
Reiss, Winold. “Graphic Design for Fisk Jubilee Singers.” Library of Congress. Accessed July 23, 2026. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018663708/. Concert poster with harp and mask motif, more posters can be seen below on the link.
Ringgold, Faith. “American People Series #18: The Flag Is Bleeding, 1967.” National Museum of Women in the Arts, April 14, 2026. https://nmwa.org/exhibitions/american-people-black-light/.
Rockwell, Norman. “‘The Problem We All Live with.’” My Modern Met, 1963. https://mymodernmet.com/norman-rockwell-the-problem-we-all-live-with/. Not your typical
Norman Rockwell image. Rockwell wanted to put in more people of color in his pictures, but the newspaper he worked for wouldn’t allow it.
Rudnick, Allison, Ashley E. Dunn, and Constance C. McPhee. “Art, Protest, and Public Space .” The Met. Accessed May 11, 2026. https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/art-protest-public-space. One of three sites that students will explore independently.
Sam, Cooke. “A Change Is Gonna Come.” YouTube. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPr3yvkHYsE.
Sanchez, Adam. “The Largest Civil Rights Protest You’ve Never Heard Of.” Rethinking Schools, June 10, 2020. https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/the-largest-civil-rights-protest-you-ve-never-heard-of/.
Schock, Andrew. “Honoring Freedom Riders National Monument.” The Conservation Fund, March 5, 2025. https://www.conservationfund.org/our-impact/projects/freedom-riders-national-monument/.
“Selma to Montgomery March.” History.com, May 27, 2025. Accessed May 25, 2026 https://www.history.com/articles/selma-montgomery-march#Edmund-Pettus-Bridge. Video of March to Selma and written information. Great comparison to black and white photos. Shows the masses of people walking to the bridge and stopping on the side of the road because the military was blocking the bridge.
“Shop W2R”. n.d. https://shopw2r.com/. Accessed July 10
White Nationalist. XIV. 3%’rs. Attracting like-minded white nationalists and selling merchandise.
“The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation.” PBS. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/timeline/timeline_text.html.
Sly and the Family Stone. “Everyday People.” YouTube. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc.
Smithsonian American Art Museum. “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now.” November 20, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/chicano-graphics.
Southern Poverty Law Center. “White Nationalist.” Extremist Files. n.d. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/white-nationalist/.
“Stonewall Riots | Definition, Significance, & Facts | Britannica.” Britannica . Accessed July 30, 2026. https://www.britannica.com/event/Stonewall-riots.
VCU Libraries. “Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation.” Social Welfare History Project, September 12, 2023. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/civil-war-reconstruction/jim-crow-laws-andracial-segregation/.
Walker, Wyatt Tee, and Peter Gee. “Martin Luther King, Jr. in Jefferson County Jail Print #01.” Poster Museum. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://postermuseum.com/products/martin-luther-king-jr-in-jefferson-county-jail-print-01?_pos=1&_sid=a0b54b16f&_ss=r.
YouTube. “East LA Students Walkouts 1968.” n.d. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NQbKPz_TgQw. Video and written details of the walkout by Hispanic students demanding a better education.
Zinn Education Project. “Children’s March.” n.d. Accessed July 11, 2026. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/childrens-march. Video of the Children’s March.
Zinn, Howard. “SNCC: The New Abolitionists”. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2017.
A wonderful guide to one of the most influential Civil Rights leadership programs in the U.S.
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was formed following the Sit-Ins that were planned and organized by the Bennett Hall Belles. They worked to protest, educate, and abolish racial divisions in the U.S.
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