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The Civil Rights Movement

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Featured Films

The Civil Rights Movement

Featured Films

Featured in this box are some links to films, organized by some of the larger topics - such as the people, places, and events in connection to the Civil Rights Movement

Lectures in History: 1960s African American Voter Registration "Emory University professor Carol Anderson taught a class about efforts in the early 1960s to register African American voters in Mississippi. She described some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics and the opposition they faced from segregationists." 48+ Minutes with transcript
TED Ed: An Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement A 2019 animated talk from TED Ed
Reflections on the Greensboro Lunch Counter A 2020 video from the National Museum of American History
Soundtrack for a Revolution Freedom Songs from the Civil Rights Era Available online in Films on Demand
The Murder of Emmett Till - PBS Documentary A part of the Civil Rights | The African American Experience from PBS, watch the full documentary "The Murder of Emmett Till" and read linked articles about Till, his life and death, in secondary and primary sources.

The Civil Rights Movement

Films About Protests, Marches & Events

Crash Course: Randolph, Rustin, and the Origins of the March on Washington From the Black American History series from Crash Course
Reframing The March on Washington A 9+ minute video about the March on Washington from PBS' American Experience

More coming soon!

The Civil Rights Movement

Films About Desegregation & Education

Crash Course: School Segregation and Brown v Board From the Black American History series from Crash Course
The Story of Brown v. Board of Education A 9+ minute video from Vision Chasers

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Finding Images

Featured Image Collections

Photos From the Civil Rights Movement
"The High Museum of Art holds one of the most significant collections of photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. The works in this exhibition are only a small selection of the collection, which includes more than 300 photographs that document the social protest movement, from Rosa Parks’s arrest to the Freedom Rides to the tumultuous demonstrations of the late 1960s."
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Accessed from Google Arts & Culture
Civil Rights Movement - Google Arts & Culture
A collection of images from Google Arts & Culture
What Was Black College Life Like in the New Deal?
From the US National Archives, a collection of images featured with Google Arts & Culture

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African American History

The Civil Rights Movement

Multimedia

Featured Films

The Civil Rights Movement

Featured Films

The Civil Rights Movement

Featured Video Collection

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Films About Protests, Marches & Events

The Civil Rights Movement

Films About Desegregation & Education

Finding Images

Featured Image Collections