Delaware County Community College

Fall For A Book - One Book, One Community


Featured Books for 2008-2009
With Courage and Cloth by Ann Bausum
and Having Our Say by Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hill Hearth

Resource List

• Resources found in the DCCC Library
• Internet Resources
• Resources on Having Our Say
• Resources on With Courage and Cloth
• Civil Rights Resources
• Women's Rights/Suffragette Resources
• Faculty Resources
• Other Resources and Events

Resources found in the DCCC Library

The DCCC Library has many resources to help support your research needs. For assistance please contact one of the DCCC Librarians.

Internet Resources

Resources on Having Our Say

• Amy Hill Hearth
  The author's official website.
• Having Our Say - the Delany Sister's First 100 Years
  Website that provides helpful information on the authors and a study guide.
• St. Augustine's College
  Official website of the college where the Delany sisters grew up.

Resources on With Courage and Cloth

• Ann Bausum
  The author's official website.

Civil Rights Resources

• Civil Rights Digital Library
  This web page offers links to a large number of internet resources related to the Civil Rights movement including oral histories, archival footage, and still photographs.
• From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African American History
  This site provides a helpful timeline with useful links.
• Internet Resources on the Civil Rights Movement
  This web page offers links to a large number of internet resources related to the Civil Rights movement.
• National Civil Rights Museum
  This web page offers links to a large number of internet resources related to the Civil Rights movement.
• Timeline: African American World
  This PBS web site provides an extensive timeline of African American history. There is information on 500 years of African American history including a Civil Rights timeline.
• Voices of Civil Rights
  A collection of personal accounts of America's Civil Rights struggle sponsored by AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Library of Congress.

Women's Rights/Suffragette Resources

• Alice Paul Institute
  This resource provides information about the life and work of New Jersey suffragist, Alice Stokes Paul, author of the Equal Rights Amendment, founder of the National Woman’s Party, and a lifelong activist for women’s equality. It also offers other information about women’s history.
• American Women
  A gateway to resources related to Women's History and Culture hosted by the Library of Congress.
• By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures." 1850-1920
  Search or browse a collection of photographs related to women's suffrage held at the Library of Congress.
• Not for Ourselves Alone
  The official website of the Ken Burns film about the American Women's rights pioneers - Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
• Women's Suffrage on about.com
  Offers great links to a variety of information on the Women's Rights movement.

Faculty Resources

• Civil Rights Movement - Lesson plans
  from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Other Resources and Events

• Writing and Research Resources
  Compiled by DCCC's Reference Librarians.


• The Delaware County Public Library system has chosen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for its 2008-2009 Fall for a Book program.
  
  Author Chris Bojhalian will visit DCCC to discuss The Great Gatsby on Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 11:05-12 in the Small Auditorium (Room 2246).

Resources compiled by Reference Librarian, Erica Swenson Danowitz

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Last Updated: April 13, 2009.