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Audrey Hendricks In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 1 This audio excerpt captures the beginning of Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech, describing the social and economic impact of racism over time. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Audio
Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2 This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Audio
Boston Desegregation This excerpt from WGBH's Evening Compass news program summarizes events of the first year of the 1974 Boston school desegregation plan. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Brown: A Landmark Case This video segment describes the players and events of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and how it galvanized the Civil Rights movement as well as white resistance. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Bus to the Burbs This video excerpt from La Plaza: "Bus to the Burbs" looks at METCO, a voluntary busing program in Boston. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
A Case for the Separation of Powers This video segment adapted from American Experience introduces how John Adams called for the separation of powers in the Massachusetts Constitution into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
A Class Divided 1: The Daring Lesson This segment from FRONTLINE: "A Class Divided" profiles an experiment in discrimination based on eye color that took place in a third-grade class in 1970. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
A Class Divided 2: Day Two This segment from FRONTLINE: "A Class Divided" profiles the second day of an experiment in discrimination based on eye color that took place in a third-grade class in 1970. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Colonel Stone Johnson In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Colonel Stone Johnson describes how civil rights activists were physically attacked for their work. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
A Country Preacher: Rev. De Laine In this video segment produced for the Levine Museum of the New South, the Reverend Joseph De Laine's son and daughter describe his role in the first public school desegregation lawsuit. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Debating Slavery In this video segment adapted from Africans in America, learn how the issue of slavery shaped the debate at the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Declaring Freedom...But For Whom? In this video segment adapted from Africans in America, consider the American view of freedom that was defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Diane Nash and the Sit-Ins Diane Nash was a college student when she started leading sit-in demonstrations to protest discrimination. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Nash describes her role in the Civil Rights movement. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 1 This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, captures the voices of several civil rights leaders. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Audio
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 2 This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, pays tribute to the women -- both leaders and widows of slain leaders -- of the Civil Rights movement. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Audio
Excerpts from the March on Washington, Part 3 Recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, this audio segment captures the voice of SNCC leader John Lewis. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Audio
The Exchange Student This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the experience of Jim Zwerg, a white college student who was among the Freedom Riders seeking to end illegal discrimination against African Americans during the civil rights era. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Fannie Lou Hamer This video segment profiles the life and leadership of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist best known for her stirring testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how a group of black and white Americans planned to challenge illegal racial segregation by riding buses across Southern states. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Freedom Riders Create Change This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" highlights the impact of the 1961 Freedom Rides on the efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Fresh Troops This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how the Nashville student movement trained future Freedom Riders in nonviolence, and why these students were so essential in sustaining the Freedom Rides. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Governor This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes Alabama Governor John Patterson's refusal to ensure the safety of the Freedom Riders, despite the efforts of President Kennedy and other federal officials. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Ike and Little Rock This video segment, adapted from American Experience: "Ike", profiles the president's controversial response to the Little Rock school desegregation crisis in 1957. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools Sylvia Mendez recalls the conditions that led Mexican Americans to sue for desegregation in the 1940s in this segment from Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Niños/For All the Children, from KOCE-TV. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
The Impact of Deportation In this video excerpt from FRONTLINE: "Lost in Detention," an immigrant family with American-born children copes with the aftermath of the mother's deportation to Mexico because she lacked legal status. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Implementing Brown Point/counterpoint commentary on the president's actions after the Brown ruling; from American Experience: "Eisenhower." Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Inspiration This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the influence of India's Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent tactics on the struggle to end illegal discrimination against African Americans in the United States. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
James Farmer and the Freedom Rides In this video interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Freedom Ride organizer James Farmer describes the interracial bus rides through the South that tested desegregation and sparked white resistance. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Joe Dickson In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Joe Dickson recalls student activism at Miles College. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Free to Choose/Who Owns Me? This third set of video lectures from Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? with Harvard University professor Michael Sandel introduces the Libertarian philosophies that (1) the ideal state is a society with minimal governmental interference and (2) taxing the wealthy is a form of coercion. Accessibility features: Caption	12	Video
This Land is My Land/Consenting Adults This fourth set of video lectures from Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? with Harvard University professor Michael Sandel explores the philosophies of John Locke regarding the ideas that (1) every human has rights to life, liberty, and property, and (2) the government can tax individuals without their consent. Accessibility features: Caption	12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Malcolm X: Black Nationalism In this archival news footage, civil rights leader Malcolm X describes the political, economic, and social aspects of black nationalism. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Malcolm X: Regarding Whiteness In this interview, taken from archival news footage, civil rights leader Malcolm X describes the impact of his 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca on his racial views. Accessibility features: Caption	6-8	Video
Melba Pattillo Beals Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black students who desegregated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Beals describes her tumultuous experience. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Miriam McClendon In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Miriam McClendon recalls her arrest and jailing for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Obama's Deal: The Deal Making Begins From FRONTLINE Obama's Deal, explore the role of negotiations and compromise in passing major reform legislation Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Reconstruction and Black Education This mini-documentary from the American Experience: "Reconstruction" Web site follows post-Civil War development of public education for African Americans in the South and the resistance it sparked. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying Campaign In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
The Road to Brown This video segment looks at the history of the NAACP's efforts to convince the Supreme Court that segregated schools were unconstitutional, leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education cases. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Robert Moses In this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	9-12	Video
Rosa Parks In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks recalls her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Segregated Schooling in South Carolina In this video segment, produced for the Levine Museum of the New South, Joseph De Laine Jr. and Ophelia De Laine Gona describe conditions in segregated South Carolina schools. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Sheyann Webb Sheyann Webb was eight years old in 1965 when she marched for voting rights. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, she recalls the events of the Selma march. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Simple Justice 1: A Handful of Lawyers This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" profiles Charles Houston's strategy for attacking segregation and how he trained the legal team that eventually argued the Brown case. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Simple Justice 2: Social Science Evidence This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" documents Dr. Kenneth Clark's "doll test," which became important social science evidence in the Brown case. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Simple Justice 3: The Trial Begins This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" captures the legal issues and opening arguments in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Simple Justice 4: Arguing the Fourteenth Amendment This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" explores the issue at the heart of Brown v. Board of Education: whether the Fourteenth Amendment applied to segregated schools. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Simple Justice 5: Marshall's Closing Statement This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" reenacts Thurgood Marshall's closing statement in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Simple Justice 6: Justice Warren Reads the Decision This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" explores the dynamics and arguments among the Supreme Court justices who ruled in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sonia Sanchez: "Malcolm" In this video segment, poet Sonia Sanchez recites her poem "Malcolm," as a eulogy to the slain civil rights leader, Malcolm X. Recorded for Eyes on the Prize. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Sonia Sanchez: Meeting Malcolm X In this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, poet Sonia Sanchez recalls the pivotal moment when she first heard civil rights leader Malcolm X speak. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Sonia Sanchez: The Meaning of Malcolm X Poet Sonia Sanchez, interviewed here for Eyes on the Prize, describes what the outspoken civil rights leader Malcolm X represented to African Americans in the 1960s. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
The Student Leader This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" profiles one of the African American student leaders who employed nonviolent direct action in the early 1960s to challenge illegal racial segregation both on her own college campus and nationally. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Tactic This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the adoption of nonviolent direct action as the critical tactic in challenging illegal racial segregation in the Southern United States in the early 1960s. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Voting Rights A news camera captured this video excerpt of a 1965 voting rights demonstration, from People's Century: "Skin Deep". Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Washington Booker, III In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Washington Booker recalls being arrested and jailed for participating in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
White Resistance Civil rights activism sparked social and political change, but it also amplified white resistance to racial equality, as this video segment illustrates. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Young Witness This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the response of a young Alabama girl who witnessed an attack on the Freedom Riders. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video