Here are some resource suggestions:
~ http://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement
~ http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html
~ http://www.pbs.org/itvs/homecoming/civilrightspop.html
~ http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp (scroll down to 54; a New Civil Rights Movement)
~ http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html
~ http://www.pbs.org/itvs/homecoming/civilrightspop.html
~ http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp (scroll down to 54; a New Civil Rights Movement)