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Weed Civil Rights?
 The
demand for civil rights materials has remained solid over
the years (due to both school assignments and personal interest)
but the focus of civil rights continues to change. Is your
collection representing only the civil rights focus of the
1960s and 1970s? Update and add to your collection for today's
students.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Most of the titles on civil rights will be found in the
300s. Check the 305s (social groups review) and the 323s
(civil and political rights).  But
you will find titles on civil rights figures in both the
920s (collective biographies) and the individual biography
section. Remember to check the reference section and the
audiovisual collection as well.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
During the 1960s and 1970s, civil rights focused on specifically
on racial equality. A combination of the publishing world's
response and the availability of federal library funding
resulted in strong collections in this area for K-12 schools.
Civil rights materials based on racial equality are still
relevant today, but many of the players and issues have
changed. And even if "the players" are the same, the times
are not. A student seeing Coretta Scott King on the evening
news today will not (or should not!) be satisfied with a
biography written thirty years ago. Update all titles published
in this era unless they are considered primary source materials.
 The
changing focus of civil rights over the years has seen new
concerns based on issues such as disabilities, sexual (harassment
and orientation), and various ethnic groups. Your collection
should have such representation.
The
old formats in your audio visual collection should be updated
with current content and format. You can supplement while
rebuilding by suggesting relevant web sites to your teachers.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- Beyond
civil rights : a new day of equality, 1968.
- Black
and white : a study of U.S. racial attitudes today, 1967.
- Civil
rights: a current guide to the people, organizations, and
events, 1974.
- Civil
rights, the Constitution, and the courts, 1967.
- Constitutional
rights of college students : a study in case law, 1972.
- Coretta
King : a woman of peace, 1974.
- The
first book of American Negroes, 1966.
- Freedom
of the press today [kit], 1969.
- The
Indians speak out : Indian civil rights [filmstrip], 1974.
- Justice
in everyday life : the way it really works, 1974.
- Negro
protest thought in the twentieth century, 1966.
- The
new Negro of the South; a portrait of movements and leadership,
1967.
- The
people's power; American government and politics today,
1973.
- Race
and the news media, 1967.
- Racial
crisis in America; leadership in conflict, 1964.
- The
rights of students; the basic ACLU guide to a student's
constitutional rights, 1973.
- The
rights of servicemen; the basic ACLU guide to servicemen's
constitutional rights, 1973.
- The
rights of suspects, 1973.
- The
rights of teachers; the basic ACLU guide to a teacher's
constitutional rights, 1973.
- The
rights of the poor, 1963.
- The
rights of women : the basic ACLU guide to a woman's rights,
1973.
- What
are human rights?, 1973.
- White
justice : black experience today in America's courtrooms,
1971.
- Your
rights and responsibilities as an American citizen; a civics
casebook, 1967.
- Your
rights and what they really mean [filmstrip], 1971.
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