Thinkexist.com provides fifty-one Elvis Presley quotations that reveal a little bit of the man behind the icon. Each is rated by users, and organized by topic.
This is a great story, and the National Archives does a great job telling it. The only thing missing is a picture of the badge that Nixon's staff gave Elvis. What badge? You'll have to visit the exhibit to find out.
For easy, online listening in a browser, Last.FM streams a 24/7 radio station of Elvis and his contemporaries. Tune in and you might hear hits from Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, and of course, Elvis Presley.
This huge Australian fan club site includes a biography, photo gallery, videos, MP3 audio and news items. It also sells memorabilia, books, and music.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about the Elvis Presley.
This illustrated article from USHistory.org explains Rosa Parks' role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and introduces Martin Luther King, Jr. (who was at that time a "little-known minister"), and his colleague Ralph Abernathy.
Learn more about the boycott and its place in the civil rights movement in this online special published by the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper.
For high-school and college students, this encyclopedia article from King Research and Education Institute offers hyperlinks to related articles, a complete bibliography for offline research, and a gallery of primary source documents.
Kids for King is an educational initiative created by the Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial. This particular article for high school students presents an overview of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, followed by discussion questions.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about the Montgomery bus boycott.
This companion website to the PBS four-part television series (of the same name) does not cover the Freedom Riders themselves, but rather provides excellent background to the times leading up to the Sixties.
Visit for short bios of the "Players" which include the Freedom Riders, civic rights leaders, and key government figures and a timeline of important events.
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