Civic Engagement Toolkit: Selected Materials @ the Moakley Archive

 US Politics and Government

• Creation of the Boston Harbor Islands National Park
• Boston's School Desegregation crisis

Ford Hall Forum Lectures

• Civil Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X,
• White Supremacy: David Duke,
• First Amendment Awardees: Daniel Schorr, Pete Seeger

Suffolk University's Moakley Archive and Institute is home to the university’s institutional archives and special collections. Use the following research collections in the classroom to explore topics related to civic engagement and civil discourse:

• Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers: public policy, international relations, immigration, the environment, legislative process, social issues
• Ford Hall Forum records: forum recordings and documents featuring a wide range of topic  and including speakers such as, Ayn Rand, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, Daniel Schorr, and David Duke.
• Moakley Oral History Collection: recordings and transcripts of interviews with members of Congress
• Moakley Archive Digital Collections: browse digitized content from the collections list above