The Civil-Rights Era, Now on the Web

Voices and images from the civil-rights movement are now on the Web at the Civil Rights Digital Library, created by the University of Georgia.

The library features 30 hours of historical news footage showing such events as the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and Martin Luther King Jr. accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.

The site also holds images of historical documents, diaries, and letters. The library joins other sites, such as Columbia University’s Amistad Digital Resource, in documenting the civil-rights era. —Josh Fischman