A part of the series America in the 20th Century. Anyone who thinks the Civil Rights movement began and ended with Martin Luther King, Jr., will discover a new, eye-opening view of history in this program. It reveals a long-running struggle for racial equality starting with Civil War- and Reconstruction-era events, moving through the blight of Jim Crow and the formation of the NAACP and other groups, and depicting the drama of King's movement in varied, evolving phases. The work of Malcolm X, the rise of the Black Power movement, and the future of America's ongoing equality battles are also examined. Correlates to standards from the National Council for the Social Studies.
A part of the series America in the 20th Century. Anyone who thinks the Civil Rights movement began and ended with Martin Luther King, Jr., will discover a new, eye-opening view of history in this program. It reveals a long-running struggle for racial equality starting with Civil War- and Reconstruction-era events, moving through the blight of Jim Crow and the formation of the NAACP and other groups, and depicting the drama of King's movement in varied, evolving phases. The work of Malcolm X, the rise of the Black Power movement, and the future of America's ongoing equality battles are also examined. Correlates to standards from the National Council for the Social Studies.
General Note
Correlates to standards from the National Council for the Social Studies.
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Content Note
The Civil War (2:25) -- The Reconstruction Era (1:58) -- Jim Crow Laws (2:26) -- The Road to Brown (2:05) -- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2:05) -- Southern Whites Fight Back (1:21) -- Brown vs. Board of Education (3:31) -- Southern Manifesto (1:52) -- Little Rock Nine (2:16) -- Beginners Course in Racial Violence (2:48) -- Bending Toward Justice (2:07) -- Montgomery Bus Boycott (2:28) -- Passive Resistance (1:13) -- Shock Troops of the Revolution (1:53) -- Greensboro Four (3:43) -- The Black Vote (2:08) -- Freedom Riders (2:07) -- Watershed Moment (2:46) -- Confrontation 1963 (2:32) -- National Disgrace (1:56) -- Race Has No Place (1:50) -- March On Washington (4:43) -- Let Us Continue (2:32) -- Mississippi Burning (2:13) -- Freedom Summer (2:42) -- The Sheriff Was In On It (2:20) -- Civil Rights to Selma (3:32) -- C.T. Vivian (1:57) -- Bloody Sunday - Edmund Pettus Bridge (1:52) -- President Johnson Addresses a Nation (2:25) -- Black Power (2:00) -- Malcolm X (2:16) -- Black Power (2:21) -- The Promised Land (2:05) -- Kerner Commission (2:15)