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History of the Civil Rights Movement
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Urban Unrest
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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While the 1960s saw young people "tune out" by way of the hippie counterculture, other segments of society were also calling for change. Both ethnic minorities and women were hard at work challenging what they saw as unjust laws and unfair treatment ...by society (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 02:03 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This video segment, adapted from NOVA, uses reenactment footage to chronicle the education of Percy Julian, the African American chemist who pioneered the development of synthetic hormones. Julian's early educational years paralleled an educational m...ovement that prepared African Americans for industrial jobs, the growing white supremacist movement, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. Julian would eventually move north, and finally to Europe to earn his Ph.D. (6mins)
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January 30, 2012 at 11:22 PM
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Ages: 10 - 16
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This video features footage concerning school segregration and the infamous Woolworth counter sit-in. The actual film footage is grainy but informative.
July 19, 2009 at 09:30 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This unforgettable, even unimaginable footage from both BBC News and CBS News that extensively covered the American Civil Rights movement. It includes a portion of a speech from Martin Luther King
July 11, 2009 at 03:14 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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History of the Civil Rights Movement - Beginning with the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865, African Americans toiled to reach equal status in the eyes of the law. WatchMojo explores the history of the United States Civil Rights Movement. (05:52)
February 21, 2011 at 06:32 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This is a montage of photos that are images that show the fear, hatred and other emotions that were part of the civil rights movement. Slides with music in the background.
July 11, 2009 at 03:28 PM
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Ages: 10 - 16
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Very short documentary focuses on this brief period in civil rights history.
July 19, 2009 at 09:25 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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The History of the Civil Rights Movement - Learn about The History of the Civil Rights Movement in this video. (01:18) The video has vintage images of the era.
February 21, 2011 at 06:36 PM
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Ages: 7 - 18
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This six minute video is an overview of the Civil Rights Movement beginning with the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865. The video highlight the major movements since that date that saw African Americans toil to reach equal status in the eyes of the l...aw. Concise.
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July 23, 2011 at 12:26 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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In the late 1930s, Abel Meeropol, son of Russian Jewish immigrants and a high school English teacher in the Bronx neighborhood where he was born, wrote a poem entitled Strange Fruit. This video discusses how the poem would later be performed by the l...egendary Billie Holiday as a song of protest, bringing national attention to the crime of lynching. (3:40)
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January 30, 2012 at 11:52 PM
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