Curated Video
Linda Brown: The Schoolgirl who Changed America
Linda Brown was just 9-years-old when she was thrust into the national spotlight, as she fought - and won - against racial segregation in the American school system.
Hip Hughes History
An Introduction to the Civil Rights Era: US History Review
A short lecture over viewing major concepts found on the United States History and Government Regents examination. Touches base with the meaning of the 14th amendment, Plesey v Ferguson, Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, Martin Luther...
Hip Hughes History
1964 Presidential Election Explained
One heaping serving of the electoral college for you in this short and sweet summary of the election of 1964. For AP Gov. students, lost students in intro to political science classes and strange people who click weird videos online.
Curated Video
The Shelleys and the Right to Fair Housing
JD and Ethel Shelley fought against restrictive covenants for the basic right to choose their own home. These agreements prevent homes being sold to people of certain races.
Curated Video
Mary Church Terrell: Championing Suffrage and Civil Rights
Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.
Curated Video
When the Youth of Birmingham Changed History
In 1963, school children from Birmingham, Alabama skipped class to demonstrate for racial equality. Met with police violence, they helped to bring about significant change. The Birmingham Children's Crusade, as it was known, has gone...
Curated Video
Marian Anderson: The Opera Singer Who Challenged Segregation
When Black singer Marian Anderson was barred from performing in Washington by the Daughters of the Revolution – her Lincoln Memorial performance made her an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.
Curated Video
Breaking Barriers: Constance Baker Motley
Breaking through the limits placed on women and people of color was all in a day’s work for Constance Baker Motley. She was a civil rights activist, lawyer, judge and state senator.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Alabama
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Alabama.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? Jim Crow Law
Overview of the history of Jim Crow laws, which discriminated against African Americans and enforced racial segregation between whites and Blacks.
Red Rock Films
Who was Jim Crow?
How one white actor's creation came to represent the most racist laws in America - and how those laws were crushed.
Hip Hughes History
Jim Crow and America's Racism Explained
A social studies based video lecturing outlining the major concepts regarding Jim Crow. If there was a prerequisite it would include having a grip on the 14th amendment.
Hip Hughes History
The Great Migration Explained: US History Review
A summary video lecture of the Great Migration, the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the Southern United States.
Mazz Media
Standing Up For Freedom: The Story of Rosa Parks
In December of 1955 Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. Her act of defiance was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was the spark that ignited the modern-day Civil Rights...
Curated Video
Are All Women Represented In Today's Feminist Movement?
As we celebrate women's history month, we take a look back at women's suffrage, from the birthplace of feminism to now.
American Public Media
American Public Media: Radio Fights Jim Crow
A report on early radio programs that were used by the federal government and civil rights activists to ease racial tensions during World War II.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws mainly targeted African Americans and took the form of poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jim Crow
Jim Crow laws were adopted by most Southern states after the end of Reconstruction.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lucy Laney
This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow addresses the life and impact of Lucy Laney, the founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School in Augusta, Georgia. Laney was an influential Jim Crow-era educator. She believed...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Compromise of 1877 Plessy v. Ferguson
Federal troops left the South after the Compromise of 1877, ending Reconstruction. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896. [7:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
During Reconstruction, federal troops attempted to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments in the South. [4:00]