Civil Rights Leaders - Gillie  

As you work on your project, create a list of Keywords to help focus your research.

Include the names of important people, places and events/issues.  

Also, check general background information and generate keywords by looking at:

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online; - has links to other recommended web sites;
• World Book Encyclopedia Advanced or for Students
  
• Wikipedia (follow the links and footnote sources).
  

You may also find some information in these easier to read sources:

• World Book Encyclopedia for Students (a more simple version) or
• Simple English Wikipedia.
  

You can look for newspaper articles from the time when your person was alive in the ProQuest Historical Newspaper database.  The picture below shows results of a seach on "teenagers". 

Created by L. Straube and J. Gressel with input from K. Weiler and P. Gillie

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click on Biography in Context instead

Try these eBooks from
        Salem Press History                Or Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

 See Salem Decades or Great Events         UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography

Type a keyword, title or author in the search box:

Image Databases:

AP Images--these are copyrighted images which we have permission to use for non-commercial projects. Please note on the image: used with permission.

Britannica Image Quest -- a newer database and good starting point with many helpful images 

Or maybe try: Google ADVANCED IMAGE Search -- use multiple terms or exact phrase and try limiting domain choice to .gov or .edu, for example.