Promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement through 1) a digital video archive of historical news film, 2) a civil rights portal providing a connection to related digital collections, and 3) contextual stories, encyclopedia articles, lesson plans, and activities.

Collects works relating to civil rights activities such as personal papers, community materials, organizational records, non-print materials, and artifacts. The archive is strong in materials documenting civil rights work by Queens College students during the early to mid 1960s.