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Freedom Riders Create Change

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. OER Level

6-12

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Fresh Troops

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. OER Level

6-12

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Movement Music Medley

Movement Music Medley

This collection of songs and images highlights the role of music in the Civil Rights movement.

K-12

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Sonia Sanchez: "Malcolm"

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.

9-12

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Sonia Sanchez: Meeting Malcolm X

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.

9-12

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Sonia Sanchez: The Meaning of Malcolm X

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.

9-12

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