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Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the registration of Black voters, it was not without controversy.
Curated Video
Septima Poinsette Clark
Septima Poinsette Clark was an African American educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African...
Curated Video
Young Coretta Scott King
Correta Scott King is often known for being the wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., but she was so much more than that. She was an activist in her own right and came from a family that valued education above all else....
Curated Video
Ruby Bridges and the Fight for Integration in Education
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She is the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on...
Hearst Metrotone News
Martin Luther King Jr and Vice President Richard Nixon shake hands.
Martin Luther King Jr and Vice President Richard Nixon shake hands.
Hearst Metrotone News
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
Hearst Metrotone News
Mahatma Gandhi lies down on the floor during his hunger strike.
Mahatma Gandhi lies down on the floor during his hunger strike.
Hearst Metrotone News
Mahatma Gandhi stands with his hands in prayer position.
Mahatma Gandhi stands with his hands in prayer position.
Hearst Metrotone News
The coffin of civil rights activist, Steven Biko, lies on a wooden cart pulled by oxen after he dies while in detention in Pretoria, South Africa.
The coffin of civil rights activist, Steven Biko, lies on a wooden cart pulled by oxen after he dies while in detention in Pretoria, South Africa.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Eileen Kelley Walbert
Eileen Walbert was among the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama who took a stand for civil rights, as she describes in this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. [5:40]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Fresh Air: James Farmer Jr., Freedom Ride Organizer
Read the background of James Farmer, Jr. and his actions during the Freedom Rides throughout the South in the summer of 1961. Listen to the complete interview he had with Terry Gross on National Public Radio's Fresh Air in 1985 that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decision in the Streets
This video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64. [5:02]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Lola Hendricks
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement. [4:21]
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Portrait of Medgar Evers
A thoughtful video explores a picture of Evers that is a possible foreshadowing of his death.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Practitioners of Nonviolence: Thoreau, Gandhi and King
Today we learn how some of the most famous practitioners of nonviolence influenced each other.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 237: Six Principles of Nonviolence Principle 6
On the podcast today, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s sixth principle of nonviolence that the universe is on the side of justice.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:role of the Church in the Civil Rights Movement Part 1
On today's podcast, we examine the role of the African American church in the years leading up to the civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 244: Children's March
Today, we discuss the Children's March of 1963.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 247: Civil Rights Activists Part 2: Dorothy Cotton
Today we discuss the life of civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 248: Civil Rights Activists Part 3: John Lewis
On today's episode, we discuss the contributions of Congressman John Lewis to the civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 249: Civil Rights Activists Part 4: Andrew Young
Today we explore the life of civil rights activist Andrew Young.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 250: Civil Rights Activists Part 5: Mabel Staupers
On the podcast today: the life of nursing pioneer Mabel Staupers.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 251: Civil Rights Activists Part 6: Septima Clark
On today's episode, we discuss Septima Clark, known as the "Queen Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement."
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 252: Civil Rights Activists Part 7: Carolyn Mc Kinstry
Today we discuss civil rights activist Carolyn McKinstry.