Key Events - Civil Rights Campaign (1964-1972)

This photograph of a civil rights demonstration in Derry
is from the book 'We Shall Overcome'.

Selected reading list

Summary

Background

See also:

• The Derry march, 5 October 1968
  
• The People's Democracy march, 1-4 January 1969
  
• Information on the issue of discrimination

Chronology

Main Pages

Devlin, Bernadette. (1969), The Price of My Soul. London: Pan Books Ltd.

McCann, Eamonn. (1993) War and an Irish Town. (3rd ed.) London: Pluto Press.

McCluskey, Conn. (1989). Up off their Knees: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland. Galway: Conn McCluskey and Associates. ... [1200] - [Book]
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Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA). (1978) "We Shall Overcome" .... The History of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland 1968-1978. Belfast: Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA).

Ó Dochartaigh, Fionnbarra. (1994) 'The Homeless Revolt', Chapter 3 (pp.39-74) in, Ulster's White Negroes: from civil rights to insurrection. Edinburgh: AK Press.

Purdie, Bob. (1990). 'Politics in the Streets: The origins of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland'. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
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Stetler, Russell. (1970) The Battle of Bogside: the politics of violence in Northern Ireland. London: Sheed and Ward.

Calendar of Newspaper Articles dealing with Civil Rights issues, 1 June 1968 - 9 December 1968 compiled by Alan Scott

Details of source material

External Web Sites:

RTE Archives > Civil Rights in NI
Contemporary film and audio reports by RTE.

BBC > History > The Troubles

BBC > Canvas Story > Troubled Times

BBC > Canvas Story > "Ulster Stands at the Crossroads"

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