C-SPAN
On This Day: Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four little girls galvanized a civil rights movement. Clips include interviews with the church's pastor and a survivor of the bombings, as well as a...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Emmett Till and the Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement
The murder of Emmett Till, a boy accused of whistling at a white woman in the deep South in the 1950s, galvanized the civil rights movement. His open casket—revealing the ugly horror of racism—reignited a movement. Clips include an...
PBS
Reconstruction: The Birth of a Nation - Rewriting History through Propaganda
How historically accurate was the film The Birth of a Nation? Using a video that features clips from the film and analysis from historians, young scholars explore the connection between art and history. Additional activities...
PBS
Reconstruction: Ida B. Wells - Pioneer of Civil Rights
When Ida B. Wells was kicked off the whites-only ladies railway car, it ignited a ferocious warrior for civil rights. Wells and others worked to preserve the hard-won freedoms of Reconstruction, which were tenuous at best during...
PBS
Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress
To escape to freedom, Robert Smalls had to steal a Confederate ship and sail to Union lines. He continued that fight for freedom as one of the first African American representatives in Congress during the Reconstruction era. Learners...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Black Panther Party
An engaging resource provides viewers with information about the founding of the Black Panther Party and social programs like its food bank that the party created. The video clips also describe the political views of the party and their...
TED-Ed
Notes of a Native Son: The World According to James Baldwin
Why would the FBI have perceived James Baldwin as a threat to national security? Why did they consider this preacher, writer, thinker, expat, activist so dangerous while Robert Kennedy and other government officials considered him an...
Homeschool Pop
Facts about Jackie Robinson for Kids
A short video spotlights Major League Baseball's first African American player, Jackie Robinson. Engaging photographs, fun graphics, and a clear narrator detail Robinson's life starting with his military background to his induction...
PBS
Black History Month | All About the Holidays
Kick off a celebration of Black History Month with a quick video. The narrator shares the history of the holiday and sheds light on famous African Americans such as Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, and...
Scholastic
The Man Who Changed America
An informative video shares a quick history of Martin Luther King, Jr. The engaging narrator covers topics such as where and when MLK Jr. was born, what charged his passion, and good deeds he performed.
PBS
Martin Luther King Day | All About the Holidays
Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday celebrated on the third Monday in January, is the focus of a short video that introduces young learners to the civil rights leader. The video provides a brief review of King's work and...
Biography
Langston Hughes- Mini Biography
When delving into such writings as "I Too Sing America" or "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by poet, novelist, and playwright Langston Hughes, don't forget to provide this important historical background information on the Harlem...
A&E Television
History.com: History of the Civil Rights Movement
The History Channel offers a comprehensive look at the struggle for Civil Rights beginning with the earliest black immigrants in the 1400s to African American gains in the late 20th century. Links to related video clips are included. [2:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Take This Hammer
In this video [1:55] segment from "Take this Hammer," a 1963 film from THIRTEEN's archive, activist and author James Baldwin seeks to raise morale among a group of African American adolescents in San Francisco in the early 1960s. Baldwin...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Negro Colleges in Wartime
World War II film covering the education and training of African Americans in agriculture, design & manufacturing, and more at Howard, Tuskegee, Hampton Roads, and more. [8:00]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 10: Not Slaves but Not Free
Even free African Americans living in the North in the nineteenth century were not treated as full citizens.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 12: The Ideal of Equality
The ideal of equality was stated in the Declaration of Independence. Abolitionists and African Americans used this as an argument against segregation.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 6: Segregation in the 1950s
On today's episode we examine segregation in the 1950s. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Birth of the Civil Rights Movement
Talks about the beginnings of the civil rights movement after the government did not provide the protection that was promised to African Americans in the Fourteenth Amendment.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: African American Women in Congress
NPR answers a question concerning the number of African American women that have served in Congress.
Stanford University
Stanford University: The Voice of King
Listen to audio excerpts from some of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s greatest speeches. There is a large selection available in RealAudio or QuickTime formats.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Open Wide the Freedom Gates
This intriguing interview with Dr. Dorothy Height discusses her experiences as a leader in the African American community. Dr. Height talks about her experiences in the civil rights movements and about the strides made for African...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg Past & Present Podcasts
Podcasts of interviews with many artisans, historians, and tour guides at Colonial Williamsburg.
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The Great Migration
A short video regarding the Great Migration of the 1910s and 20s, including the causes and effects of the migration. [4:18]