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AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: Civil Rights
After ten years the court and the schools.
The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined. A discussion featuring Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Ex-Secretary of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins concludes the program.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .T454 2000

America in Black and White: Racial profiling and law enforcement.
Originally broadcast as segment of ABC News "Nightline." Focuses on racial profiling in law enforcement, investigating the issue from the victim's point of view as well as through the eyes of the police.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HV8141 .R33 2000

At the river I stand.
Documentary of two 1968 events in the civil rights movement-- the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shows how the black community, local civil rights leaders, and AFSCME mobilized behind the strikers in mass demonstrations and a boycott of downtown businesses.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD5325.S2572 1968 M46 1993

Birmingham Alabama, 1963.
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 12 in. +
Johnson Center - Records
Call Number: E185.61 .B57

Black power, White backlash.
When the radical wing of the civil rights movement began equating redress with rebellion rather than nonviolent protest, "Black power" became the rallying cry. In this program, filmed in 1966, Mike Wallace explores public sentiment during that turbulent period by assessing the attitudes, opinions and reactions on both sides of the color line. Interviews with major figures of the movement discussing black militancy, economic power, fair housing, nonviolence, and the tensions in Cicero, Illinois, the Selma of the North capture the fervor of 1966.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.615 .B5467 2000

Black theatre the making of a movement.
Recaptures the birth of a new theatre from the Civil Rights activism of the 1950's, '60s, and '70s. It is an encyclopedia on video of the leading figures, institutions and events of a movement which transformed American theatre. Clips from historic productions now available for the first time on video include the first all-black production of Genet's The Blacks, along with A Raisin in the sun, Black girl, Dutchman and For Colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow in enuf.
Johnson Center - Videotapes PN2270.A35 B63

Buford Boone.
This program tells the story of Pulitzer Prize winner Buford Boone, editor of the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama and his courageous stand for an unpopular cause--integration and equal rights for blacks. Also featured is George Wallace's infamous blocking of the doors at the University of Alabama, and an interview with the first black student to attempt to enroll at the university.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.98.B6 B8

Clinton and the law See it now.
Clinton High was the first school in Tennessee to desegregate -- an experience that led to chaos and violence. This program reports on the town's efforts in 1957 to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate in the face of coercive opposition. Footage of the Rev. Paul W. Turner preaching brotherhood and John Kasper expounding in his rhetoric of intolerance creates a vivid portrait of the times. Other individuals add their views, rounding out the picture of a community's successful struggle to reestablish law and order.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .C626 2000
Color line on campus.
For most U.S. colleges today, racial diversity is a goal -- but almost nine years after the Brown decision, it was quite another story. This 1963 program features interviews with James Meredith and other African-American students who broke ground and tradition at universities in the South. Faced with attitudes ranging from passive tolerance to violent rejection, each had achieved enrollment, but not acceptance.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .C6455 2000

The color of your skin.
Goes behind the scenes at the Army's Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute to record a powerful, intimate journey into America's race relations.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
HT1521 .C6 1991

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a historical perspective.
Historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America. Focuses on the extraordinary life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. using rare film footage and photographs.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.97 .K5 D75 1993

Eyes on the prize America at the racial crossroads.
Eight one hour episodes on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1964 to mid 1980's.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.615 .E91

Eyes on the prize America's civil rights years.
Seven two hour episodes on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 to mid 1980's. Uses archival footage and interviews with participants in the movement.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.61 .E94 1995
Figures of the civil rights movement.
This program spotlights two major events in the civil rights movement: the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the forcible desegregation of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine in 1957.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.61 .F45 1999

For us, the living.
The true story of one man's courageous fight for his people's dignity. Medgar Evers was one of the first African-American leaders to achieve worldwide recognition for his work. He was a true hero willing to pay the ultimate price for freedom.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: PN1997 .F669
Forgotten fires.
A documentary about the burning of two Afro-American churches near Manning, South Carolina in June, 1995 by Ku Klux Klan members.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
HV6638.5.U6 F67 1998

Framing an execution.
In the 1990's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African American journalist on death row, became a symbol of the inequities in the United States judicial system. This film examines how ABC reporter Sam Donaldson's framing of Abu-Jamal's case stands up to the available facts and how it measures up to basic journalistic standards of fairness, balance, and accuracy.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
PN4756 .F73 2001

Freedom never dies the legacy of Harry T. Moore.
A documentary film exploring the life and times of a distinguished school teacher whose passionate crusade for equal rights could not be discouraged by either the white power structure or the more cautious factions of his own movement.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.79.M79 F74 2000

Freedom on my mind.
Documentary of the civil rights movement and the events surrounding the Mississippi Voter Registration Project of the early 1960's. Combines archival footage with contemporary interviews.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.615 .F74 1994

Freedom song.
Small-town Mississippians risk their lives to bring change at the grassroots level. "Based on first-hand accounts of veteran activists who stood on the frontlines [of the civil rights movement]"--Container.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
PN1997 .F7412 2000

"Fundi"--the story of Ella Baker.
Shows the work of Ella Baker, a little-known organizer in the civil rights movement of the past fifty years. She served in the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, often when women were not always given equal status within these organizations. Documents the struggle of Black people for justice and equality.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.97.B214 F9 1986

I have a dream.
Martin Luther King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.97.K5 A5 1988

Inside the F.B.I.
Originally shown on Public Broadcasting Service as a segment of the series, Inside the F.B.I.This is the first time the FBI has opened its doors to outsiders to show how it has changed since the days of J. Edgar Hoover. The video gives a glimpse of the role the Bureau has in counterintelligence. The F.B.I. tries to balance national security interests and the civil rights of citizens.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
HV8144.F43 I58 1995

Ida B. Wells.
Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American activist who protested lynchings, unfair treatment of
Afro-American soldiers, and other examples of racism and injustice toward Afro-Americans around the turn of the century.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E161.A544 I32

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and politician.
Covers the time of the civil rights protests in the United States when Jesse Jackson was a young man, his work with the education of young black people, his presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988, and his role in the Iraq-Kuwait Crisis of 1990-91.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
On Order: Check Catalog for Call Number

Just school.
Presents the personal views of both African-American and white students who were part of the desegration process in
Jackson, Mississippi, in 1970.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: F349.J13 J88

Legacy of a dream.
Presents a compilation of newsreel and videotape footage showing the events that secured the vote for American Blacks and ultimately led to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes a sketch of King's career and statements by Coretta King and Andrew Young.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.97.K5 L43 1990

Long walk home.
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg is Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman, who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson (Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek). When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband (Dwight Schultz) and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms. Together, in a difficult world of black versus white, they manage to discover a common ground.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
PN1997 .L68245

Malcolm X.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: BP223.L57 M3

Malcolm X.
Feature film depiction of he life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
Location: Johnson Center Videodiscs
PN1997 .M344 1993

Malcolm X, make it plain.
Originally produced as a segment of the television program: The American experience. A film biography of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X. Uses interviews, archival footage, photographs, and an original score to tell his story.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
BP223.Z8 L5776

Malcolm X, militant black leader.
Black historians and leaders comment on the life of Malcolm X, who experienced violence from the Ku Klux Klan as a child and grew up to become a leader of the Black Muslims and a spokesperson for Black nationalism.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
ON ORDER--CHECK CATALOG FOR CALL NUMBER

Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader.
Examines the life of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
ON ORDER--CHECK CATALOG FOR CALL NUMBER

Mary McLeod Bethune educator.
A biography of pioneer educator and civil rights worker Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded her own school for Black children in a time when education for Black people, especially higher education, was not a popular concept, and fought for racial equality through the American political system for her entire life.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
ON ORDER--CHECK CATALOG FOR CALL NUMBER

Mississippi and the 15th Amendment.
A college student, a schoolteacher and a fellow of the National Science Foundation were all three ruled illiterate by the local circuit clerk and ineligible to vote. Filmed in 1962, this program reveals the double standards and the dangers faced by African-Americans registering to vote in Mississippi. Interviews with local officials, segregationists, lawyers, clergy and citizens on both sides of the color line expose what amounted to a tacit conspiracy to deprive certain people of their constitutional right to stand up and be counted.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .M58 2000

Mississippi burning.
Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
PN1997 .M5799

Ordinary Americans the civil rights movement.
Examines the early years of the civil rights movement, focusing primarily on events in the South during the late 1950's and 1960's, as civil rights activists work to eradicate racial discrimination and prejudice.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.61 .O74 2000

The Road to Brown.
Presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston in the cases which let to the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. Gives background history of segregation, Jim Crow laws, NAACP and bio-data on persons influential in the desegregation movement.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: KF4155 .R614 1989

The Second American revolution.
Hosts Bill Moyers, Ruby Dee, and Ossie Davis examine the search of Blacks for racial equality in twentieth-century America. Includes archival film and still photographs of the great personalities and events of the freedom movement. Includes excerpts from Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E742.W3 S4

Segregation -- Northern style.
In many places above the Mason-Dixon Line, a subtle form of bigotry was at work during the early 1960s, resisting the efforts of Afro-Americans to buy homes in historically white neighborhoods. In this 1964 program, Mike Wallace reveals the fallacies, attitudes and weak legislation that contributed to de facto segregation in the North by tracking the unsuccessful campaign of a middle-class black family to buy in upscale New Jersey. The positive contributions of fair housing and civil rights groups are also presented.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
HD7288.76.U62 S45 2000

The speeches of Malcolm X.
Presents a collection of Malcolm X's speeches, showing the evolution of his ideas and attitudes.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
BP223.Z8 L578 1997

The speeches of Martin Luther King.
Presents a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s major speeches and minor asides and traces the development of his oratorical style.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.97.K5 S64

Still revolutionaries.
This compelling documentary explores the lives of two women who were in the Black Panther Party between 1969 and 1975. Katherine Campbell and Madalynn Rucker reflect on the reasons and events that led to their joining the Black Panthers, the type of work they did within the Party, and the challenges they faced as they chose to leave it and reconstruct their lives.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .S834 2000

Supreme Court decisions that changed the nation Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Examines the Supreme Court's blow against racial equality; looks at the fateful decision that gave legal justification to segregation and invoked the concept of "separate but equal."
Johnson Center - Videotapes
KF4549 .S82

The two nations of black America.
Originally presented as an episode of the television series Frontline.There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.8 .T96 1999

Voices of the civil rights movement.
Location: Johnson Center - Records
Call Number: E185.61 .V6

We shall overcome!
Location: Johnson Center - Records
Call Number: E185.61 .W4

We shall overcome.
Narrated by Harry Belafonte, provides a history of the song, We shall overcome, and its influence on the civil rights movement.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: ML3556 .W48

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