CRMVet Website Annual Report, January 1, 2013
Covering the Year 2012

Overall, 2012 was a good year for the CRMVet website. The number of articles, stories, letters and documents has increased significantly. Earlier this year we received an excellent review from TeachingHistory.Org.

Our growth in readership has been slow but steady:

Annual Number of Visits
2010    328,000 (est)
2011 332,559
2012 348,990

As you can see from the graph below, our traffic rises and falls with the school year as students (K-12 & college) use the site for homework, reports, research, etc. But even during the summer months we get 400-600 visitors per day.

[Visits per month]

Total number of visits to the site in 2012 (includes multiple visits):    
      Roughly 85% U.S. — 15% Non-U.S.
 348,948
Daily Number of Visitors on School-Days: 750-1,500

Number of Freedom Movement veterans listed on our Roll Call:
Number of personal stories, narratives, interviews & oral histories:   
Number of articles & speeches by Freedom Movement activists:
Number of personal letters & reports:
Number of commentaries by Movement veterans:
Number of transcribed discussions by Movement veterans: 		521
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Top-10 Most Visited Sections:

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 Photo Album: Images of a Peoples Movement
The Southern Freedom Movement Articles & Speeches by Movement Veterans
History & Timeline of the Southern Freedom Movement
Poems of the Freedom Movement
Veterans Roll Call
Documents of the Southern Freedom Movement 1951-1968
Frequently Asked Questions About the Civil Rights Movement
Our Stories
Discussions About the Freedom Movement
Our Thoughts

Top-20 Most Viewed Pages (Excluding History & Timeline and Photo Album pages)

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 Voting Rights History ~ Two Centuries of Struggle
Freedom Movement Bibliography
Alabama Voter Literacy Test
Poems by Langston Hughes
Louisiana Voter Literacy Test
For Students
About the Civil Rights Movement Veterans Website
Southern Freedom Movement Web Links
Alabama Voter Application Form
Pins of the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Rides of 1961
Did Civil Rights Movement Impact Everyone or Just African-Americans?   (FAQ)
March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (docs & articles)
Mississippi Voter Application & Literacy Test
John Lewis' Speech to the March on Washington — Original Draft
Nonviolent Resistance & Political Power
Poems by Naomi Long Madgett
St. Augustine Movement 1963-1964 (docs & articles)
Poems by Chude Pam Allen
Grenada Mississippi, 1966 Chronology of a Movement

10 Most Visited History & Timeline Sections:

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 The Year 1961 — (Freedom Rides, Albany Movement, McComb MS, Baton Rouge, etc)
The Year 1960 — (Student Sit-ins, SNCC Founded, New Orleans Schools, etc)
The Year 1954 — (Brown v Board of Education & Massive Resistance, etc)
The Year 1963, January-June — (Birmingham, Greenwood, North Carolina, Medgar Evers, etc)
The Year 1963, July-December — (March on Washington, St. Augustine, etc)
1964 — Mississippi Freedom Summer Events
The Year 1957 — (Little Rock Nine, SCLC Founded, Robert Williams, etc)
The Year 1955 — (Montgomery Bus Boycott, Emmett Till, Baltimore Sit-Ins, etc,)
The Year 1964, January-June — (Civil Rights Act, St. Augustine, Hattiesburg, etc)
1965 — Selma & the March to Montgomery

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