These two resources offer an excellent introduction to the Civil Rights movement and the Black Power movement. 
The first offers an accessible outline of the key figures and events in the history of the fight for civil rights. 

The second is a two-minute video in which Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X explain their different approaches to civil rights.  

This five-and-a-half-minute video clip explains the Black Power movement from the perspective of the movement’s leadership. It shows part of Stokely Carmichael’s speech to the crowd at a 1966 ‘March Against Fear’ in Mississippi about the need for Black Power to give people decent jobs and homes. Andrew Young then explains the movement’s history and purpose: giving Black people control over their lives rather than carrying out violence against white people. Students could discuss how the views here compare with what they had already heard about the Black Power movement. They could also compare the views with those expressed by others in the Civil Rights movement and those who opposed it.

This website has links to brief biographies of 11 key women in the Black Power movement, with images and links to further information. Students may have heard of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael, but do they know about Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver or Elaine Brown? You could discuss why we know more about male than female activists and how Black women faced sexism as well as racism. Students could pick one of the women, read their story and make a short presentation on their contribution to the Black Power movement.

Throughout his life, until his assassination in 1965, Malcolm X worked to promote Black pride and the self-defence of the Black community. You could select key turning points in his life to focus on: his transformation from criminal to studious, religious man; his campaign for Black unity; and his conversion to traditional Islam. You could also discuss the key ideas of the time: pan-Africanism, Black nationalism and Black pride. For example, why did Malcolm X feel the Black community needed to organise separately from white activists? Students could compare his ideas to those of other civil rights activists of the time.

This title explores the myths about the Black Panthers (for example, some members were involved in violence, but the Party also organised many forms of community support). The book describes the rise and fall of the movement from its birth in 1966 as an organisation to protect Black communities from the police, through later demands for compensation for centuries of exploitation until its decline in 1970. Students could create a timeline of the main events in the movement’s history, and its particular imagery. They could consider the violent conflicts between the Black Panther Party and the police.