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Affirmative Action: The History of an Idea.

Explores the historical roots of affimative action and the current debate over its usefulness. Looks at several different affirmative action programs including the Univ. of California, Berkeley, the U.S. Army, federal aid to minority businesses, and affirmative action in the Chicago Police Dept. Includes archival footage and features interviews with a wide array of academic scholars. Dist.: Films Media Group. 1996. 56 min. Video/C 4999

Affirmative Action Under Fire: When is it Reverse Discrimination?

The account of a reverse discrimination court case over the firing in 1989 of a white teacher in a Piscataway, New Jersey high school because of her race. Shows how this court case became a national battle for affirmative action and how affirmative action preference advocates paid the white teacher $450,000 to drop her case in order to avoid a Supreme Court decision that would potentially invalidate all affirmative action programs in the United States. Originally produced for the ABC television program Nightline aired on November 11, 1997 under the title: Black teacher, white teacher, affirmative action under fire. Dist.: Films Media Group. 22 min. Video/C 6874

American Cultural History: Racism

Don't be a sucker / U.S. War Department (1947, 18 min.) -- Integration, Report 1 / Andover Productions (1960, 21 min.) -- Let us break bread together / City of New York, Board of Education (1954, 26 min.) Don't be a sucker: Uses the example of Nazi Germany to drive home the point that American's should not be fooled by people who wage a war against minorities. It warns them not to be "a sucker" and to live in harmony despite differences of color, race or religion. Integration, Report 1: Historical footage of the Civil Rights Movement in 1959 and 1960 including footage of rallies staged in Montgomery, Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. Let us break bread together: A promotional film on Detroit as the host city for the 1968 Olympics showing views of highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population and social activities, all shot prior to the city's economic decline. DVD 5153

America's War on Poverty.

Produced and directed by Susan Bellows. Produced by Blackside, Inc. 57 min ea. Video/C 3926-3930

In this Affluent Society. In the early 1960s, hundreds of Kentucky coal miners are displaced by machines and strike out at their former employers. Millions of others displaced by machines across Appalachia and the rural South head north to begin a new life in Chicago, where they face overcrowded tenements and schools, and the familiar inequities of segregation. This program recounts these stories of desperation and hope and explores the origins of the federal government's war on poverty and how attitudes toward race and faith in the accessibility of the American dream shape the battle plans for the nation's greatest effort to reduce poverty. Video/C 3926

Given a Chance. Early 1965 is a critical period for President Johnson's war on poverty. The Office of Economic Opportunity's goal to have the poor themselves design and run anti-poverty programs attracts strong opposition from local and state governments. Head Start is created to provide poor children with adequate nutrition, health care and the educational advantages that other American children enjoy. This program focuses on the Head Start program in Mississippi. Video/C 3927

City of Promise. The context for the war on poverty shifts after 1965. Urban rebellions provoke a sense of urgency for some, while others now see the war against poverty as hopeless. Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city black communities. This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerless, and the anger and frustration of the middle class at having to pay for "others' mistakes." It also examines attempts made in Newark, New Jersey, to reclaim the inner city through public/private partnerships. Video/C 3928

In Service to America. By 1967, poverty warriors increase the sophistication of their tactics at the same time that a number of outspoken opponents rise to national prominence. This program highlights the beginning of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Lawyers team up with migrant farm workers in California to fight for better education, health care and working conditions, and VISTA volunteers and local residents organize against strip mining in Appalachia. Both stories raise significant questions about activities the government funds in the name of fighting poverty. Video/C 3929

My Brother's Keeper. The Nixon Administration and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) bring the nation to the brink of overhauling the federal social security system and replacing welfare with a guaranteed income for all citizens. When it appears the guaranteed income will be quite low, the NWRO joins an alliance of conservatives and liberals to defeat the proposed legislation. Video/C 3930

CINE Film & Video Awards 1995 (Golden Eagle).

Amerika

Documentary about the escalation and diversity of the anti-Vietnam War protest movement on the homefront. Includes conversations with Vietnam vets, teenagers, and Afro-American militants. Graphically depicts the hightened incidents of mass protest and police repression. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1969. 33 min. Video/C 5854

Anarchy U.S.A.

This radical anti-negro, anti-communist, anti-civil rights propaganda documentary was made shortly after the Watts riots. Employing newsreel footage this film traces the methods used by communists to take over China, Cuba and Algeria, and then attempts to demonstrate that the same tactics have been used by the U.S. civil rights movement. 78 min. Video/C 2962

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. Directors, David Appleby, Allison Graham, Steven John Ross. 59 min. Video/C 3780

CINE Film & Video Awards 1994 (Golden Eagle)

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[Baldwin, James] Baldwin's Nigger

A striking portait of the writer James Baldwin at his sharp-witted best, addressing a group of radical West Indian students in 1960s London. Accompanied by comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, Baldwin discusses what it means to be black in America, comparing it to the experience of the British Black community. Produced and directed by Horace Ove. 1969. 44 min. DVD 6206

[Baldwin, James] Baldwin vs Buckley

Debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, October 26, 1965. Sponsored by the Cambridge Union Society, Cambridge University. The topic of the debate was "The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro". Video/C 2299

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Black Civil Rights Films

Contents: Integration report, Part one / producer, Madeline Anderson (1960, 20 min.) -- Poverty in rural America / National Audiovisual Center (1965, 28 min.) -- What about prejudice? / Centron Corporation (1959, 12 min.).

Integration report, Part one: Madeline Anderson's documentary on the use of organized resistance as a force of social change in Montgomery, Alabama, Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. Features 1959 and 1960 footage of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and boycotts. Poverty in rural America: A Great Society era film depicting the real problems of the poor in rural America in general while demonstrating a palpable reticence to directly address the issue of race in particular. What about prejudice? Centron Corporation's exposition of what life is like for a minority schoolboy in the midst of a socity at odds with him and his heroic actions that make his white schoolmates question their prejudices and hatreds. DVD 2653

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords.

"Too long have others spoken for us". A History of African-American newspapers and journalism from the mid-19th century through the 20th century. With commentary by historians, newspaper cartoonists, journalists, and photojournalists, tells of the struggles against censorship, discrimination and for freedom of the press. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson.1998. 86 min. Video/C 5445

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The Bloods of 'Nam.

Black Vietnam War veterans talk candidly about the discrimination and prejudice they faced from fellow soldiers, their war experiences, and their disillusionment upon returning to the United States. Directed and photographed by Wayne Ewing. Based on the book "Bloods: an oral history of the Vietnam War" edited by Wallace Terry (Main Stack DS559.5.B56 1984; Moffitt DS559.5.B56 1984). 1986. 60 min. Video/C 9996

Booker T. Washington.

The life of Booker T. Washington, the most influential Black educational and political leader of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Talks about his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. 30 min. Video/C 565

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the March on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason -- he was also gay. This is a film biography of his life. Produced and directed by Nancy Kates, Bennett Singer. 2002. 84 min. Video/C 9386

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[Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas] Simple Justice.

(American Experience) Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 133 min. Video/C 2758

[Bunche, Ralph] Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

An in-depth documentary examining the personal and professional life of Ralph Bunche, the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and later received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. A film by William Greaves. Based on the biography Ralph Bunche : an American life / by Brian Urquhart (Main Stack E748.B885.U76 1993; Moffitt E748.B885.U76 1993). A film by William Greaves 72 min. DVD 3304

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By River, By Rail

African-Americans recount the story of the early 20th century migration of blacks to the Northern states with a backdrop of songs, art and music of the era. They tell of separated families, of the hardships, prejudice, and struggle for acceptance in the North that resulted in disillusionment. Black luminaries include authors James Cameron and Lucille Clifton, Jacob Lawrence, artist and creator of the Black Migration series, Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, poet Maya Angelou and NAACP president Kweisi Mfume. Dist.: Films Media Group. 1998. 22 min. Video/C 5560

By-line Newsreel. (Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection: The Missing Link in Black Cinema)

Newsreels providing close-ups of black leaders in government and sports. Produced by Bill Alexander and Biddy Wood, 1956/1957.

Vol. 1: Opens with shots of black government officials in the Eisenhower Administration followed by footage of Marine Reservists departing for basic training. In sports, the Baltimore Colts with black star Lenny Moore, take on the Chicago Bears, with black star Bobby Watkins. Fashion models wearing "I like Ike" buttons are shown followed by an interview with Mrs. Carmel Carrington Marr, A U.N. official. Video/C 7176

Vol. 2: Opens with Afro-Americans celebrating in the "I'm an American Day" parade in Baltimore. At Altus Air Force Base, a black soldier comes to the aid of a white engineer who is disabled. Black officials of the Eisenhower Administration are shown including Samuel Pierce, Undersecretary of Labor. Concludes with a visit to the Savannah Club in New York's Greenwich Village. Video/C 7177

Vol. 3: Black members of the Eisenhower administration are interviewed including a top aide, the first black member of the White House staff, and Assistant Secretary of Labor, J. Ernest Wilkins. In sports, Air Force athletes are shown competing in Olympic track and field tryouts in Los Angeles. Video/C 7178

Vol. 4: The 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco is shown with interviews of leading Black Republicans. In sports, scenes from the Morgan State-North Carolina State football game are shown and at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, President Eisenhower opens the World Series by throwing out the first ball to Dodger catcher Roy Campanella. Video/C 7179

Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources.

Dist.: Films Media Group.

Clinton and the Law. 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 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. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on January 6, 1957 on See It Now. 55 min. Video/C 7362

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.Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on September 26, 1962 on CBS Reports. 57 min. Video/C 7363

The 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. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on January 25, 1963 on CBS Eyewitness News. 30 min. Video/C 7364

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 Gen. Robert Kennedy, Gov. of Georgia Carl Sanders and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP concludes the program. Reporters: Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Martin Agronsky, Charles Kuralt, Harry Reasoner.+ Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on May 13, 1964. 58 min. Video/C 7365

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 compaign 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.Reporter: Mike Wallace. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network in 1964. 58 min. Video/C 7366

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. Reporter: Mike Wallace. Originally aired on the CBS. 56 min. Video/C 7367

A Day to Remember: August 28,1963.

Focuses on the civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C. led by Martin Luther King. 29 min. DVD 7336 [preservation copy]; Video/C 581

The Different Drummer.

Using rare photographs, archival footage, and interviews with Black military personnel, tells of the importance of Black soldiers from the Civil War to World War I. 58 min. DVD 4959 (preservation copy); also vhs Video/C 1010

CBS Reports

Historic CBS programs (1960s-70s) dealing with issues related to African American equality and civil rights. Dist.: Films Media Group.

Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed? [Pt. 1] Filmed in 1979 in Tupelo, Lexington and other Mississippi locals, this program examines the gains made by African-Americans in the areas of education, employment, housing, health care and politics 25 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to outlaw public school segregation. Segregationist academies and Ku Klux Klan activities are also investigated, to demonstrate how integration was being sidestepped by some and openly resisted by others. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on July 24, 1979. Correspondent: Ed Bradley. 52 min. Video/C 8954

Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed? [Pt. 2] Filmed in 1979, correspondent Ed Bradley travels to his hometown of Philadelphia, to assess how African-Americans have been faring 25 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to outlaw public school segregation. Quality education, employment opportunities, fair and adequate housing and political representation are addressed, as are issues of illiteracy, de facto segregation and racial violence. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on July 25, 1979. Correspondent: Ed Bradley. 51 min. Video/C 8955

Busing. In 1971, when busing was first mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Swann ruling, it strongly polarized public opinion in many communities. Filmed only five years after the controversial precedent was first put into practice, this news program looks at events in Charlotte and Boston, two places that stand as icons in the busing battle. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on May 28, 1976. Correspondent: Charles Collingwood. 53 min. Video/C 8906

The Chicago Riots. The catalyst for the Chicago rioting was an incident over black children trying to cool off at a fire hydrant. CBS News presents this special report, produced as the arson and looting raged that summer of 1966. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was in the city trying to restore order, talks at length with Mike Wallace about the underlying causes and the ongoing dialogue with Chicago mayor Richard Daley and his administration. The program offers blow-by-blow coverage of the events as well as commentary from civic and religious leaders, witnesses, and law enforcement officials to provide a contemporary overview of a society on the verge of anarchy. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on July 15, 1966. Correspondent: Mike Wallace, Bill Plante. 31 min. Video/C 8994

Filibuster. Examines the stormy passage of Civil Rights Bill H.R. 7152 through the House of Representatives. Filmed in 1964, it begins with a report on the controversial bill's history, from its introduction by John F. Kennedy to the eve of its debate on the Senate Floor. Following that report, Eric Sevareid moderates as Senators Hubert Humphrey and Strom Thurmon engage in a live television debate on the bill's merits. Film footage of John and Robert Kennedy, Justice Dept. officials Nicholas Katzenbach and Burke Marshall, President Lyndon Johnson and the racial clashes of the early 60s captures the tensions that surrounded this most comprehensive civil righs law since Reconstruction. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on March 18, 1964. Correspondent: Eric Sevareid. 55 min. Video/C 8909

From Washington: Report on Integration. In 1957, the eyes of America were on Little Rock, where the compulsory desegregation of Central High School was front-page news. But what about the broader picture? How successful had integration efforts in the South been in the three years following the Brown decision? This program filmed at that time brings together a panel of newsmen from the Southern Education Reporting Service to assess -- against the backdrop of anti-integration violence -- the overall progress being made in complying with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on September 29, 1957. 31 min. Video/C 8905

Harlem: A Self Portrait. This 1959 CBS News special offers a unique look at a city within a city, capturing the mood and tenor of a community where, at the time, police, not politicians, were the power and six out of seven officers were white. This program surveys a wide range of Harlem life including footage of a speech by Malcolm X and interviews with poet Langston Hughes and a wide variety of African Americans living in Harlem including a retired black police detective, two former gang members, a resident of a new apartment building, partners in a new restaurant venture and others. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on August 18, 1959. Correspondents: Bill Leonard, Tom Costigan. 58 min. Video/C 8902

The Harlem Temper. In this 1963 CBS News special, CBS reporter Harry Reasoner examines the economic and political scene in Harlem, a study in miniature of black leadership in conflict and crisis throughout America. Reasoner interviews civic leaders from such organizations as CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), the National Urban League, and the NAACP, along with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., then Congressman and pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on December 11, 1963. 58 min. Video/C 8901

Hunger in America. A researched study of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, showing views of Black sharecroppers in Alabama, Navajo Indians in Arizona, tenant farmers near Washington, D.C. and impoverished Mexican-Americans in San Antonio. Includes a discussion of surplus foods, food-stamps, and the farm subsidy program. Episode of the television program CBS reports, originally broadcast in 1968. Reporters: Charles Kuralt, David Culhane. 51 min. Video/C 9366

Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire. Shortly before this program was filmed in 1965, Klansmen were implicated in the murders of five people. Here Charles Kuralt presents an in-depth look at the Klan, featuring its history, its influence, the application process, and rare coverage of an initiation rite. Kuralt asks Klan leaders how they can avoid responsibility for violence when they themselves repeatedly whip up their followers to action. Among those interviewed are Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers, KKK Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton, and Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on September 21, 1965. Correspondent: Charles Kuralt. 60 min. Video/C 8991

The Other Face of Dixie. Correspondent Harry Reasoner visits four cities in this 1962 program to examine progress in school integration: Clinton, Tennessee; Norfolk, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Little Rock, Arkansas. Along with Atlanta governor S. Ernest Vandiver and journalists Ralph McGill and Lenoir Chambers, Reasoner talks with students at Little Rock Central High School, their school board president and Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on March 3, 1968. 54 min. Video/C 8908

Remedy for Riot. In this news program from 1968, Harry Reasoner reports on the findings and recommendations of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The commission's report offered an analysis of the causes of riots at that time and concluded that unless sweeping changes were made, the nation was moving towards two separate societies, black and white, separate but unequal. By interviewing business, political, religious and community leaders in Detroit, one of the cities hit hardest by turmoil, the program assesses possible courses of action in four major areas: jobs, housing, schools and welfare. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on October 24, 1962. Correspondent: Harry Reasoner. 58 min. Video/C 8995

Testament of a Murdered Man. A news report presenting an extended interview with Medgar Evers filmed a year before his murder. The NAACP field secretary, WWII veteran, father and civil rights crusader dedicated nine years of his life to fighting racism before he was killed in 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers discusses his efforts at registering and organizing black voters, as well as the many death threats he and his family received while waging a campaign for civil rights in the South. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on June 12, 1963. Correspondents: Douglas Edwards, Richard Richter. 16 min. Video/C 8992

Watts, Riot or Revolt? Were the Watts riots part of a social revolution, a festering illness or a carnival of senseless violence? And why did it first erupt in L.A. and not in another major American city? This news program, filmed just a few months after the riots, presents a study of the principal events that ignited the conflagration in the summer of 1965 in Watts. A wide variety of individuals comment on the situtation, including L.A. chief of police William H. Parker, Daniel P. Moynihan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., witnesses to the riots and rioters themselves. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on December 7, 1965. Correspondent: Bill Stout. 55 min. Video/C 8993

Who Speaks for the South? The court order integrating Georgia public schools conflicted with the state constitution, prompting much debate regarding state's rights. In this 1960 news special Edward R. Murrow reports on the issue of racial segregation in the state's schools, focusing on the proceedings of the School Study Committee, a public forum in which residents of Georgia's ten Congressional districts voiced their opinions presenting a wide and sometimes ominous range of views. Murrow also interviews the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ralph McGill, Atlanta's mayor William Hartsfield and Georgia Governor S. Ernest Vandiver. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on May 27, 1960. Correspondent: Edward R. Murrow. 56 min. Video/C 8907

City of Promise (America's War on Poverty; 3).

The context for the war on poverty shifts after 1965. Urban rebellions provoke a sense of urgency for some, while others now see the war against poverty as hopeless. Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city black communities. This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerless, and the anger and frustration of the middle class at having to pay for "others' mistakes." It also examines attempts made in Newark, New Jersey, to reclaim the inner city through public/private partnerships. 57 min. Video/C 3928

Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources.

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Commentary of a Black Southern Busrider [Rosa Parks][Sound recording]

Rosa Parks discusses her refusal to give up her seat to a white man and the resulting bus-boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. KPFA broadcast, December 20, 1962. 16 min. Sound/D 220

Covering the South. National Symposium on the Media and the Civil Rights Movement, April 3-5, 1987 / University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

Six panel discussions by print and television journalists who do an in-depth examination of how coverage by the news media influenced the Civil Rights Movement and the historical revolution it spawned. Many personal anecdotes are related by Caucasian and Afro-American journalists of their experiences covering the movement including becoming targets of threats and violence. Approximately 86 min. each.

Birth of the Movement, World War II through the 1950's. Covers the early years of the movement including such events as the Montgomery bus boycott, the integration of Central High in Little Rock, James Meredith's enrollment at the University of Mississippi and the murder of Emmett Video/C 3760

The Mass Movement, 1960-64. Part I. This panel covers the events of 1960-1964 including lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Riders, the Birmingham riots, continuing civil unrest in Little Rock and Selma and James Meredith's continued matriculation at the University of Mississippi. Video/C 3761

The Mass Movement, 1960-64. Part II. Continues the coverage of events of 1960-1964 including commentary on the murder of Emmett Till, sit-ins, Freedom Riders, riots in Atlanta with particular commentary on the new young educated black leadership which emerged during the struggle typified by Martin Luther King Jr. Video/C 3762

The Political Movement, 1965-67. Covers the events of 1965-1967 including commentary on the Selma-Montgomery Freedom March, the impact of the signing of the National Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the ensuing Watts Riots which expanded the Civil Rights movement from the South to include all of America. Video/C 3763

The Bottom Line, the Decision Makers.97 min. Video/C 3764

Aftermath, 1968 to the Present.This panel examines the current issues of civil rights, what has changed and what has not changed; issues which have become much more complex in the ensuing 25 years. 113 min. Video/C 3765

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Drew Associates; producer, Gregory Shuker; film makers, Richard Leacock; James Lipscomb, D.A. Pennebaker, Hope Ryden. In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his brother, U.S. Attorney General, Robert Kennedy, forced one of the gravest racial confrontations of the 20th century. Despite a federal court order, Alabama Governor George Wallace vowed he would prevent two black students from entering the all-white University of Alabama. With a revolutionary new style of filmmaking using hand-held cameras, filmmaker Robert Drew and his four-team crew were at work recording the crisis as it unfolded, capturing the story from all sides up until its dramatic climax. 1963. 53 min. DVD 3067

Crossing the Bridge

On March 7, 1965 a group of civil rights activists attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery in order to register to vote. As they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, violence erupted as the police attacked the marchers in a bloody, unprovoked assault that shocked the nation, resulting in far-reaching repercussions. 2002. 50 min. DVD 5158

Dateline Freedom: Civil Rights and the Press.

Tells the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of members of the press covering the struggles of the civil rights movement. Mostly white, mostly male and Southern, these journalists share their recollections. 30 min. Video/C 2759

The Deadly Deception.

Investigates one of the most notorious medical experiments in American history; the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. African American men in Macon County, Alabama believed they were receiving free treatment for syphilis; they were instead given medicines that were worthless against the disease. It also discusses the lingering mistrust of the white medical establishment created by this study. Writer, producer and director, Denisce Diianni. 60 min. Video/C 3151

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Defining Black Power[Sound recording]

This series serves as a history lesson for the young and a reminder to those who lived through those times that the issue of African American political power is complex and that the field of thought on the subject is diverse. Rosa Parks -- James Baldwin -- Bayard Rustin/Malcolm X -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Angela Davis -- Elijah Muhammad -- Malcolm X -- Stokley Carmichael -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Huey Newton -- Eldridge Cleaver -- Maulana Karenga -- H. Rap Brown -- Leroi Jones -- John Hope Franklin. Pacifica Radio Archive, [2000] 210 min. Sound/D 223

Detroit Riot 1967: A Community Speaks

This documentary chronicles the sociological and physical devastation, as well as the rebuilding, of the community where the 1967 Detroit riots occurred. Provides historical context of Detroit prior to 1967 and utilizes interviews and footage to explore the causes of the riots, document the destruction, and illustrate the subsequent rebuilding efforts. 2003. 56 min. DVD 7103 [preservation copy]; vhs Video/C MM302

Death of a Prophet.

A docu-drama that follows Malcolm X on his last day, Sunday February 21, 1965. Stars Morgan Freeman et al. 60 min. Video/C 2463

Dream Deferred.

Produced by SNCC for its southern voter registration drive in 1964, the year of the Mississippi Summer. Contains interviews with activists, voter registrants and leaders, and features Fannie Lou Hamer's speech, including her famous line: "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." Dist.: Estuary Press. 33 min. DVD 4222; also VHS Video/C 2799

Exposures of a Movement.

Profiles black photojournalists during the Civil Rights Movement in North and South Carolina. On the front lines, these black photographers took a lot of chances and suffered the same fire hoses and German Shepherds as everyone else. Performer: Alex Rivera, Cecil J. Williams, Count Jackson, James Peeler, George Shinhoster, Jack Claiborne, Thomas Battle, Andrew Young, David Goldfield, Charles Jones, Harvey Gantt, Todd Duncan, Diane Curtain, Thomas Johnson. 1996. 27 min. Video/C 4633

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years.

A comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the civil rights struggle in America. Presents behind-the-scenes insights into such major events as the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the march from Selma to Montgomery.

Part 1, Awakenings, 1954-1956. This first episode of six discusses the history of segregation in the U.S., focusing on the South, and the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision against segregation in Brown vs Board of Education. Highlighted is the Emmett Till murder case and Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. DVD 6960; also VHS Video/C 971:1 pt. 1

Part 2, Fighting Back 1957-1962. Focuses on segregation in education in the southern United States. It highlights two specific tests of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1954 against segregation - the case of the Little Rock Nine in 1957 (the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas), and James Meredith's enrollment as the first black at the University of Mississippi in 1962. DVD 6960; also VHS Video/C 971:2 Pt. 2

Part 3, Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961. Focuses on two major events involving students in the civil rights struggle - the lunch counter sit-ins in the south (particularly Nashville, Tennessee) and the Freedom Riders trip from Washington D.C. to Mississippi. Included in the program is the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee and the importance it played in these events. DVD 6961; also VHS Video/C 971:3 Pt. 3

Part 4, No Easy Walk, 1962-66. Depicts three major movements. Retells the stories of three cities involved in the civil rights movement: the Albany, Ga. police chief and Martin Luther King, Jr. each tested out the strategy of nonviolence in their own way, Birmingham, Ala. where children marched against fire water hoses, and Washington, D.C. where black and white, young and old, north and south came together to march on the nation's capital. DVD 6961; also VHS Video/C 971:4 Pt. 4

Part 5, Mississippi, Is This America? Focuses on the continuing civil rights struggle in Mississippi. The story covers the voter registration drive during Freedom Summer in 1964 when students and others from the north came to Mississippi to implement black participation in the political process. Also includes the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and their unsuccessful attempt to sit in at the 1964 Democatic Party convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. DVD 6962; also VHS Video/C 971:5 Pt. 5

Part 6, Bridge to Freedom 1965. Covers the push for black voting rights in Alabama and nationally. The division within the civil rights movement between the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) grows, particularly in their approach to the Selma-Montgomery Freedom March in 1965. That same year sees the National Voting Rights Act signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. DVD 6962; also VHS Video/C 971:6 Pt. 6

Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads.

8 parts. 60 min. ea. Video/C 1652:1-8

Part 1, The Time Has Come, 1964-1966. During the decade of civil rights protest in the South, a sense of urgency and anger emerged from the black communities in the North. This urgency was best articulated by Malcolm X, then National Minister of the Nation of Islam. Viewers follow the trajectory of Malcolm X's influence, both within the movement and outside. The program shows the influence of his philosophy on the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as they organized the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama and as they issued the call for "Black power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi. DVD 6963; also VHS Video/C 1652:1 pt. 1

Part 2, Two societies, 1965-1968. This program explores the civil rights movement's first attempt at organizing in the north, as Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference go to Chicago. Their strategies come up against the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. Also looks at the 1967 uprising in Detroit as blacks and the police clash on city streets. DVD 6963; also VHS Video/C 1652:2 Pt. 2

Part 3, Power! 1967-1968. Out of the ashes of the urban rebellions, blacks look for new ways to take control of their communities. This program explores the political path to power for Carl Stokes, the nation's first black mayor of a major city. It also describes the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, Calif., and the struggle of black and Hispanic parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., to improve their children's education through community control of the schools. DVD 6964; also VHS Video/C 1652:3 Pt. 3

Part 4, The Promised Land, 1967-1968. Moved by the increasing level of poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King, in the final year of his life, began to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to Washington, D.C., where they would erect Resurrection City to embarrass and motivate a reluctant government. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated. Soon after its construction, Resurrection City was shut down, marking the end of a chapter of the civil rights movement. DVD 6964; also VHS Video/C 1652:4 Pt. 4

Part 5, Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964-1972. Program illustrates the pervasiveness of the black consciousness movement throughout the country in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. Describes the student movement at Howard University for black studies and explores the "coming of age" of black politicians and political activists through a description of the National Black Political Convention at Gary, Indiana. Uses Cassius Clay, who wanted to be called by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali, as an example of blacks rejecting old stereotypes and gaining a new sense of pride. DVD 6965; also VHS Video/C 1652:5 Pt. 5

Part 6, A Nation of Law? 1968-1971. By the late 1960's, the anger in the poorer urban areas over charges of police brutality was smoldering. In Chicago, Fred Hampton formed a Black Panther Party chapter, at a time when police surveillance of movement activists was increasing. During this same period, inmates at New York's Attica prison took over the prison in an effort to publicize intolerable conditions. DVD 6965; also VHS Video/C 1652:6 Pt. 6

Part 7, The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980. Examines the relationship between law and popular struggle. In Boston, black parents organized to improve their children's education. In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first black mayor, tries to guarantee black involvement in the construction of Atlanta's airport. DVD 6966; also VHS Video/C 1652:7 Pt. 7

Part 8, Back to the Movement, 1979-1983. Examines two cities ; one in the south the other in the north. In Miami, Florida, viewers witness the destruction of a black community by urban renewal, highway construction, and finally, riots. In the North, we see how Harold Washington gets elected as Chicago's first black mayor. Ends with a look back at the people who made the civil rights movement a force for change. DVD 6966; also VHS Video/C 1652:8 Pt. 8

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Williams, Juan. Eyes on the prize: America's Civil rights Years, 1954-1965 / Juan Williams ; with the Eyes on the prize production team; introduction by Julian Bond. New York, NY: Viking, 1987. UCB Main KF4757 .W521 1987; UCB Moffitt KF4757 W52 1987

Interview with Juan Williams Video/C 2230] 6 parts. 60 min ea. Video/C 971:1-6; also on laser disc Video/D 105

FBI's War on Black America.

Looks at the FBI's Cointelpro (Counter Intelligence Program) operations. 50 min. Video/C 2964

February One.

Tells the inspiring story of four remarkable young men who initiated the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, NC on February 1, 1960. Based largely on first hand accounts and rare archival footage, the film documents one volatile winter in Greensboro that not only challenged public accommodation customs and law in North Carolina, but served as a blueprint for the wave of non-violent civil rights protests that swept across the South and the nation throughout the 1960's. c2004. Full length (61 min.) version and abbreviated (20 min.) DVD 3089

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Forgotten Fires

A documentary about the burning of two Afro-American churches near Manning, South Carolina in June, 1995 by Ku Klux Klan members. Frank interviews with the victims, the perpetrators, their families, and people who live in the community transforms the event into a complex account of racism, poverty, denial, repentance and forgiveness. 57 min. 1998. Video/C 7456

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National Educational Media Network (Gold Apple).

Freedom!

A documentary series chronicling the epic journey of America's commitment to liberty and the idea of freedom. Based on the book series A History of US by Joy Hakim. c2003. 52 min. each installment

Episode 14: In the 1950s and early '60s a freedom movement emerges with the purpose of ending segregation and racism against African-Americans becoming the most effective social revolution in U.S. history. It also examines the presidency of John F. Kennedy and the rise of the National Farm Workers Association. DVD 2196

Episode 15: Looks at Lyndon B. Johnson, his presidency and the Vietnam War, during a decade that threatened to tear the country apart. DVD 2196

Episode 16: Continues to explore advances made in the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation and looks at the ensuing presidencies. Concludes with the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 and at what may become the next issues in America's freedom struggle. DVD 2196

Freedom Bound.

Documents the attempt of Negro citizens in Mississippi to register and vote despite intimidation, official brutality, and violence. Expresses the determination of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to assist the Negroes of Mississippi in their struggle. A film by Harvey Richards. Dist.: Estuary Press. 1963. 28 min. DVD 4224

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

Disc 1. Hey Nelly Nelly (Judy Collins)(2:50) -- Here's to the State of Mississippi (Phil Ochs)(5:52) -- Ballad of Medgar Evers (SNCC Freedom Singers, led by Matthew Jones)(4:28) -- Death of Medgar Evers (Donal Leace)(4:25) -- Only a pawn in their game (Bob Dylan)(3:30) -- Too many martyrs (Kim & Reggie Harris)(3:31) -- Blowin' in the wind (Peter, Paul & Mary)(2:57) -- It isn't nice (Judy Collins)(3:06) -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round (Julius Lester)(2:16) -- Hammer song (Barbara Dane)(3:04) -- Going down to Mississippi (Phil Ochs)(3:02) -- I'm on my way (Barbara Dane)(2:26) -- Thirsty boots (Eric Andersen)(5:10) -- Carry it on (Carolyn Hester)(2:49) -- Wade in the water (Julius Lester)(3:23) -- Move on over (Len Chandler)(4:42) -- I'm going to get my baby out of jail (Len Chandler)(3:34) -- Waves of freedom (Eric Andersen)(6:12) -- This little light of mine (Odetta)(2:10) -- How long (Magpie and Kim & Reggie Harris)(3:32) --Disc 2. Movin' it on (Odetta)(2:15) -- Ain't you got a right to the tree of life (Guy & Candie Carawan)(3:23) -- Freedom school (Jack Washington Landron)(3:32) -- Song for Ben Chaney (Jack Washington Landron)(3:05) -- Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney (Tom Paxton)(2:45) -- Those three are on my mind (Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie)(3:30) -- Michael, Andrew and James (Mimi and Richard Fari~na)(5:08) -- I have seen freedom (Si Kahn)(4:20) -- Three young men (Carolyn Hester)(3:37) -- In the Mississippi River (SNCC Freedom Singers, led by Marshall Jones)(3:35) -- Freedom is a constant struggle (Julius Lester)(4:10) -- This may be the last time (Bernice Johnson Reagon)(4:03) -- We will not bow down to genocide (Len Chandler)(2:45) -- You should've been down in Mississippi (Magpie)(3:28) -- Father's grave (Jack Washington Landron)(3:18) -- Mississippi summer (Si Kahn)(2:08) -- Fannie Lou Hamer (Sweet Honey in the Rock)(5:18) -- Summer '64/Oh freedom (Greg Trafidlo, Laura Pole, Neal Phillips, Robert Cardwell, and the Voices of Zion)(2:46) -- Shadows on the light (Matthew Jones)(7:28) -- Ella's song (Sweet Honey in the Rock)(5:46). Sound/D 120

Freedom March.

Features the San Francisco civil rights protest march of May 26, 1963, sponsored by Bay Area black churches and the labor movement in the shocked aftermath of the Birmingham, Alabama bombing of a black church, killing five children. A film by Harvey Richards. Dist.: Estuary Press. 10 min. DVD 4223; also VHS Video/C 2798

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 for African Americans could not be discouraged by either the white power structure or the more cautious factions of his own movement. 2000 90 min. Video/C 8056

Freedom Now! [Sound recording]

Radio documentary on the 1963 civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. Contains actuality of the rally, riots, and the voices of Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy and Birmingham's Mayor and sheriff. Produced by Robert Kramer, Chris Koch, and Dale Minor. WBAI broadcast, 1963. Sound/D 216

Freedom on My Mind.

Revisits the Mississippi freedom movement in the early1960s when a handful of idealistic young activists believed they could change history -- and did. In 1964, organizers of the voter registration drive, fearing for their lives and hoping to attract the nation and federal government to their plight, recruited 1,000 mostly white college students from around the country to join them for Freedom Summer. Three students were murdered but the drive succeeded in signing up 80,000 members, mostly poverty-stricken sharecroppers, maids and day-laborers who confronted jail, beatings and even murder for the right to vote. Produced and directed by Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford. 1994. 110 min. DVD 3038; also VHS Video/C 3566

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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. 63 min. Video/C 415

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Given a Chance (America's War on Poverty; 2) .

Early 1965 is a critical period for President Johnson's war on poverty. The Office of Economic Opportunity's goal to have the poor themselves design and run anti-poverty programs attracts strong opposition from local and state governments. Head Start is created to provide poor children with adequate nutrition, health care and the educational advantages that other American children enjoy. This program focuses on the Head Start program in Mississippi. 57 min. Video/C 3927

[Hamer, Fannie Lou] Fannie Lou Hamer[Sound recording]

v. 1. Collected speeches of Fannie Lou Hammer [sic] : A collection of several speeches made by this fiery civil rights activist & leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party -- v. 2. Fannie Lou Hamer interviewed by Colin Edwards : feminine Black power at work in the jungle of Mississippi Democratic party politics -- v. 3. Vietnam moratorium rally at UC-Berkeley : includes speeches by Fannie Lou Hamer and Roger Alvarado, October 1969. Pacifica Radio Archive. Sound/D 219

Harlem: A Self Portrait

This 1959 CBS News special offers a unique look at a city within a city, capturing the mood and tenor of a community where, at the time, police, not politicians, were the power and six out of seven officers were white. This program surveys a wide range of Harlem life including footage of a speech by Malcolm X and interviews with poet Langston Hughes and a wide variety of African Americans living in Harlem including a retired black police detective, two former gang members, a resident of a new apartment building, partners in a new restaurant venture and others. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on August 18, 1959. Dist.: Films Media Group. 58 min. Video/C 8902

The Harlem Temper

In this 1963 CBS News special, CBS reporter Harry Reasoner examines the economic and political scene in Harlem, a study in miniature of black leadership in conflict and crisis throughout America. Reasoner interviews civic leaders from such organizations as CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), the National Urban League, and the NAACP, along with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., then Congressman and pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on December 11, 1963. Dist.: Films Media Group. 58 min. Video/C 8901

Inside the Ku Klux Klan: Faces of Hate

In this program, the leaders of the American Knights of the KKK and the Invisible Empire of the KKK air their views and discuss their efforts to recruit members through rallies, the Internet, and pamphlets. Civil rights crusaders, authors, representatives of the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, and religious and civic leaders analyze the Klan's rhetoric and ideology. Contains extensive footage of Klan rallies. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2000. 53 min. Video/C 8282

The Intolerable Burden

Documentary film of how Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled the youngest eight of their thirteen children in the public schools of Drew, Mississippi in 1965, which were all-white schools. The Drew school board had initiated a "freedom of choice" plan to bring the district in compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act, but Blacks were not expected to choose all-white schools. It also looks at how the schools have slowly become "resegregated" in recent years, leading to poorer educational opportunities. 2002. 57 min. DVD 4498

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July '64

In the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York--the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial discrimination and a significant event in the Civil Rights era. Using archival footage and interviews with those who were present, the film explores the genesis and outcome of those three nights. Director, Carvin Eison. 2004. 54 min. DVD 6627

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Kennedy v. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close.

(American Experience) A film originally made in 1963 of President John F. Kennedy and the governor of Alabama, George Wallace, during the confrontation over desegregation of Alabama schools. Re-edited to include thoughts of U.S. Attorney General, Nicholas Katzenbach. 60 min. Video/C 2876

[King, Martin Luther] Citizen King

In exploring the last few years of his life, this production traces King's efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs and film footage and using diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of fellow activists, friends, journalists, political leaders and law enforcement officials, this film brings fresh insights to King's impossible journey, his charismatic leadership and his truly remarkable impact. Produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker Segment of American experience, originally broadcast on Jan. 19, 2001. Dist.: PBS. DVD 2630

[King, Martin Luther] A Day to Remember: August 28,1963.

Focuses on the civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C. led by Martin Luther King. 29 min. DVD 7336 [preservation copy]; Video/C 581

[King, Martin Luther] "I Have a Dream--": The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King

Presents through historical television news footage the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the forces that brought him to the leadership of his people. Stresses his philosophy and ideals and examines in-depth the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Includes portions of his "I have a dream" speech, delivered in Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. 1968. 35 min. Video/C 9903

[King, Martin Luther] I Have a Dream: A documentary on Dr. Martin Luther King.[Sound recording]

Based on the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this disc includes actuality of speeches and interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his associates. Produced the day after his assassination. Pacifica Radio Archives. Originally broadcast on April 7, 1968. 45 min. Sound/D 218

[King, Martin Luther] In Remembrance of Martin.

A documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes archival footage, the "I Have a Dream" speech, and a synopsis of key civil rights decisions of the 1950's and 1960's. 60 min. Video/C 2761

[King, Martin Luther] King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis.

A chronicle of the struggle for racial equality and justice from 1955 to 1968 through newsreel and television coverage. A film by Ely Landau and Richard Kaplan. 104 min. DVD 7649 [preservation copy]; vhs Video/C 986

[King, Martin Luther] Martin Luther King.

In an interview with Gerild Priestland, Martin Luther King expresses his feelings, hopes, philosophy and religious convictions. 30 min. Video/C 9

[King, Martin Luther] Martin Luther King, Jr.: From Montgomery to Memphis

Surveys the career of Dr. Martin Luther King and his contributions to the civil rights movement that he led, from the bus segregation protests in Montgomery in 1955 to his assassination in Memphis. Employs excerpts from King's speeches, and scenes of major civil right marches in Montgomery, Birmingham, Washington D.C., Selma, Chicago and Memphis to convey the essence of the man and the movement. 1968. 27 min. Video/C 9944

[King, Martin Luther] MLK: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Tapes: Featuring Speeches [SOUND RECORDING]

Contents: The great march to freedom (Detroit, June 23, 1963) -- The great march to Washington (Washington, D.C., August 18, 1963) -- Free at last (Atlanta, February 4, 1968) -- Eulogy (Cleveland, Ohio, April 5, 1968) / [by] Robert F. Kennedy. Sound/D 174

[King, Martin Luther]The Other America

Considered one of the key speeches of his career, civil rights leader Martin Luther King delivers an address entitled The Other America, which tells of the struggle of Black Americans to overcome poverty and achieve equal rights. A film by Allen Willis. Delivered at Stanford University on April 14, 1967. DVD 7132

[King, Martin Luther] Prophet of Peace: The Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968

Narrated by fifteen Oakland, Calif., fifth-and sixth-graders. A unique animated biography of the great civil rights leader. Dr. King's entire life is covered, from his childhood through his early years as a Southern Baptist minister, his leadership role in the Montgomery boycott, the March on Washington, the voter registration drives, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and his assassination in 1968. Excerpts from two of King's most famous speeches are included, as are sketches of some of his closest associates. c1986. 24 min. Video/C MM874

[King, Martin Luther] Speaking for America: Twelve National Leaders Talk About Their Visions for America. [Sound Recording]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is included in this series which features l2 prominent political leaders, journalists, and scholars discussing American life and values. 6 cassettes. SOUND/C 153

[King, Martin Luther] We -- Rising Up From King's Legacy

"A poetic interweaving of community-individual actions rising up from Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy, facing painful remnants of our history and joining in hopeful actions engaging today's issues." Spiritual and moral lag -- Courting spiritual death -- Black man got to stand up now -- Much more work to do -- My ancestors were raped an' killed -- Are my hands clean? -- I call for revolution -- Yesterday is just the beginning -- Beware glory hallelujah -- Muertos a manos de la policia -- Every bomb is a theft -- You got a right to make the world a better place -- We fought your American war -- Telling our family stories. c2005. 28 min. DVD 4921

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America.

Shows graphically the 120-year infamy of the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror. 30 min. Video/C 3242

The Klan: The Invisible Empire. (CBS Reports)

Shortly before this program was filmed in 1965, Klansmen were implicated in the murders of five people. Here Charles Kuralt presents an in-depth look at the Klan, featuring its history, its influence, the application process, and rare coverage of an initiation rite. Kuralt asks Klan leaders how they can avoid responsibility for violence when they themselves repeatedly whip up their followers to action. Among those interviewed are Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers, KKK Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton, and Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on September 21, 1965. Dist. Cinema Guild. 60 min. Video/C 8991

Lowndes County Freedom Party.

This program examines the rise of Stokely Carmichael and his Lowndes County Freedom Party, which he formed to get blacks registered to vote. These efforts are examined against the backdrop of murder and intimidation which accompanied the struggle for civil rights. None of the Party's candidates were ultimately elected, but the groundwork had been laid for the poor and disenfranchised in the South to gain political power. 25 min. Video/C 4139

Lynching: The Heinous Past.

Documents the history of lynching in the United States. The film is punctuated by reproductions of picture postcards depicting lynches, collected by James Cameron, who has created a museum in Milwaukee dedicated to keeping alive this memory of man's inhumanity. 22 min. Video/C 9256

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Making Sense of the Sixties.

Part 5, Picking up the Pieces Discusses how and why more extreme splinter groups like the Black Panthers came to be, as well as two new movements: the environmental movement and the women's movement. Finally, it recreates the national mood at the end of the decade when the Vietnam vets came home, when hundreds of Black Panthers were arrested or killed, when Richard Nixon was forced to resign, and when the country is held hostage by OPEC. 58 min. each. Video/C 1953

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[Malcolm X] The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The book the Autobiography of Malcolm X is an American classic not only for its compelling story, but also for its uncompromising expression of the pain, anger, and violence of black life in a white America. This documentary focuses on the impact the book had on race relations in America. It also scrutinizes the life of Malcolm X himself. Features dramatizations and interviews with Malcolm X's family and friends, as well as scholars and authors. 1999. 53 min. Video/C 8799

[Malcolm X] Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X: El-Hajj Malik Shabazz

Brother minister is the explosive documentary that dares to reveal the mystery surrounding the assassination of Malcolm X, a truly American hero. It probes the innocence of two of the convicted assassins, reveals the true identities of the killers, examines the FBI and NYPD clandestine roles in the assassination through recently de-classified documents, and discovers the secret origin of the Nation of Islam and its political and religioius legacy in America. Directed and produced by Jack Baxter and Jefri Aalmuhammed. 1995? 115 min. DVD 5344

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[Malcolm X] Death of a Prophet.

A docu-drama that follows Malcolm X on his last day, Sunday February 21, 1965. Stars Morgan Freeman et al. 60 min. Video/C 2463

[Malcolm X] El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X)

Focuses on the qualities and characteristics that predicated Malcolm X's rise as a leader and spokesman of the Black America Movement. 56 min. Video/C 998

[Malcolm X] Malcolm X: Make It Plain.

From the series, The American Experience, 1993. This definitive biography weaves together interviews, archival footage, photographs, and an original score to portray the fascinating intellectual journey of a complex man whose ideas resonate today. 150 min. DVD 6533 (preservation copy); vhs Video/C 3218

National Educational Film & Video Festival 1995 (Silver Apple).

ABC-CLIO Video Rating Guide for Libraries

Journal of American History v81, n3 (Dec, 1994):1415 (2 pages))

[Malcolm X] Malcolm X: Make It Plain.[Sound recording]

Ballot or the bullet speeches -- Common enemy speech (Bandung Conference) -- Unity rally speeches -- 1963 Detroit speeches including Leaders used against revolution. 270 min. Sound/D 182

[Malcolm X] Malcolm X: Nationalist or Humanist?

This film includes newsreel footage of several of his most important speeches, as well as events leading up to and following his assassination. An on-camera interview with Malcom's widow, Betty Shabazz, filmed shortly after her husband's death, is the moving backdrop for this brief but powerful documentary. 14 min. Video/C 2791

[Malcolm X] Malcolm X

Malcolm X, being interviewed by Professor John Leggett and Herman Blake (graduate student)(Dept. of Sociology) at the University of California, Berkeley in October 1963, discusses being a Black Muslim, the conditions of Blacks in this country, their relation with white people, and states the case for Black separatism. Originally recorded October 11, 1963, Lecture #22, Sociology 1-A, University of California, Berkeley. ©UC Regents. 40 min. DVD 1159; also on VHS Video/C 8501

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[Malcolm X] Malcolm X: Militant Black Leader.

Adapted from the book of the same title by Jack Rummel. 30 min. Video/C 2575

[Malcolm X] Seven Songs for Malcolm X

A collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reenactments which tell of the life, legacy, loves and losses of Malcolm X. 53 min. 1993. Video/C 4064

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[Malcolm X] Murder of Malcolm X: The Effect on Black America 25 Years Later.

A speech given by Louis Farrakhan, a Black Muslim leader, on the life of Malcolm X. Running time not listed. Video/C 1982

[Malcolm X] Voices of Courage and Dissent.[Sound recording]

Black Muslims vs the sit-ins": Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins discuss the position of the Black Muslims (64 min.) -- Disc 3-4. "Prospects for freedom": Malcolm X talks about the need for Black action for civil rights (Jan. 7, 1965, 60 min.) -- Disc 5. "Friends and enemies": Malcolm X (February 15, 1965, 38 min.) -- Disc 6. "Speech by Malcolm X on December 20, 1964" on the treatment accorded to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Atlantic City) ; "John Henrik Clarke on Malcolm X": History professor and friend of Malcolm X speaks about his contributions to the black struggle (53 min.) Presents the most famous lectures and speeches by Malcolm X, minister and Black Nationalist leader. Pacifica Radio Archives. Sound/D 225

[Malcolm X] X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm.

Set within the context of current African-American struggles, this provocative video examines the historical and contemporary legacies of Malcolm X. Using mixed media and experimental audio, this video explores Malcolm X's teachings of black pride, unity and self-defense, a new generation's interpretations of his heritage, and a popular culture which tries to commercialize his memory. 41 min. Video/C 3626

Memphis Dreams: Searching for the Promised Land. (Century: Events that Shaped the World; 8.)

When Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968 Memphis--like Dallas in 1963--became a symbol of hope extinguished. This program examines the Civil Rights Movement and the last few years of Martin Luther King's life with emphasis on the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the killing of America's greatest civil rights leader, its impact on Afro-Americans and the nation. 46 min. Video/C 6349

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks' simple act of defiance on Dec. 1, 1955, against racial segregation on city buses inspired the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama, to unite against the segregationists who ran City Hall. Over the course of a year, the Montgomery Bus Boycott would test the endurance of the peaceful protestors, overturn an unjust law and create a legacy of mighty times that continue to inspire those who work for freedom and justice today. A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Producers, Robert Hudson; director Bobby Huston. 2002. 40 min. Video/C 9167

Miss Smith of Georgia

Portrait of the Georgia author and civil rights activist Lillian Eugenia Smith who was the first prominent white southerner to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against it. This program includes extensive interviews with the author as well as brief appearances by author Carson McCullers and actress Ruby Dee. Originally broadcast as a television program in 1962. 30 min. DVD 4363

Mississippi, America

Through an examination of historical events of 1964, this program gives testimony to persistence and courage in the face of oppression, as citizens and the lawyers who volunteered to help them, confront violence, murder and government repression in Mississippi in order to win the right to vote for Afro-American citizens. Directed and written by Judith McCray. 56 min. Video/C 5851

[Moore, Harry T.] Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore

Mighty Times: The Children's March

In May of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked black people of Birmingham, Alabama to go to jail in the cause of racial equality. The adults were afraid to go to jail and so the school children marched and over 5000 of them were arrested. This lead President Kennedy to sponsor the 1964 Civil Rights Act which eventually to the march on Washington. Contains vintage film footage, re-stagings of some activities and interviews with some of the protesters. 2004. 40 min. DVD 5138

The Murder of Emmett Till

The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. Dist.: PBS. 2003. 60 min. DVD 9526; vhs Video/C 9440

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Murder on a Sunday Morning

A documentary investigating a true tale of murder and injustice in Jacksonville, Florida. When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him,except for his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. McGuiness reopens the inquiry, and discovers a slew of shocking and troubling elements about the case. Most importantly, can the police be lying? A film by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade 2003. 111 min. DVD 1842

Nashville: We were Warriors (Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict)

In Fall 1959, James Lawson offered free evening classes on nonviolent action to university students in Nashville with the goal of training and preparing them to desegregate the city's business district. Lawson had spent three years in India learning about Mohandas Gandhi. Now he guided his students in a study of both the history and practice of nonviolent methods--to prepare them for their "sit-ins" at downtown stores. Lawson's guidance helps the students endure the beatings and arrests, and lead a boycott, as they bring their stuggle for civil rights to the steps of Nashville City Hall and ultimately to the forefront of national attention. Written, produced and directed by Steve York. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2000. 33 min. Video/C 7372

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power.

Forefather of the Black Power movement and pioneer in internationalizing the Black American struggle, tells the story of Robert F. Williams, a Civil Rights fighter who dared to advocate armed self-defense against the racist terrorism of the Jim Crow South. Directors, Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts. 2005. 53 min. DVD 4469

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No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger.

Documentary footage of Harlem's 1967 protest march against America's involvement in the Vietnamese Conflict. Includes interviews with three Black Vietnam veterans who discuss the relationship between racism and war and their experiences with racism in the United States. Dist. Cinema Guild. 1968. 68 min. Video/C 4971

Oh Freedom After While: 1939 Sharecroppers Roadside Protest.

In January 1939, Missouri Bootheel sharecroppers--black and white--staged a dramatic roadside protest to call attention to unjust treatment by local plantation owners. Their demonstration spurred the U.S. government to develop new housing for displaced sharecroppers. Some demonstrators also established a remarkable farming community--and learned how to make lasting change in their lives. 1999. 57 min. Video/C 6453

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On Strike! Ethnic Studies, 1969-1999

A historical presentation of the struggle to create and maintain a Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Includes interviews with participants in the 1969 demonstrations when the program was first established, with the 1999 demonstrators when the funding for the program was threatened and with Ethnic Studies faculty at U.C.B. Directed and produced by Irum Shiekh. 1999. 36 min. DVD 8561; vhs Video/C 6521
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[Parks, Rosa] Commentary of a Black Southern Busrider

[Sound recording] Rosa Parks discusses her refusal to give up her seat to a white man and the resulting bus-boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. KPFA broadcast, December 20, 1962. 16 min. Sound/D 220

[Parks, Rosa] Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

[Parks, Rosa] Rosa Parks.

Program sponsored by the Afro-American Studies Dept. of U.C. Berkeley, honoring Rosa Parks and Septima Clark who were civil rights activists in Montgomery Alabama. 75 min. Video/C 2211:1-2

[Parks, Rosa] Rosa Parks Memorial Service.

Julian Bond, Sam Brownback, Johnnie Carr, John Conyers, Cain Hope Felder, Ernest Green, Dorothy I. Height, Gwen Ifill, Edward M. Kennedy, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Cicely Tyson, Melvin Watt, Oprah Winfrey. Televised coverage of the memorial service for civil rights legend Rosa Parks. Participants pay tribute to Ms. Parks as a catalyst of the civil rights movement, her legacy as a voice for the black community, and her service to the nation, in passionate speeches and with music. October 31, 2005. 176 min. DVD 4849

Philadelphia, Mississippi.

In June 1964, three young civil rights workers--Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner--traveled to Philadelphia, Mississippi in order to investigate the burning of a black Methodist church. Shortly after their arrival, all three men were murdered and hastily buried outside of town, victims of what is generally acknowledged to be a KKK conspiracy. The tragedy almost immediately turned the town into the focus of intense international media scrutiny; the lives of both black and white townsfolk were irrevocably changed in the process. "Philadelphia Mississippi" investigates these lives thirty years later, and attempts to measure the changes in race relations and social conditions in the town since 1964. 60 min. Video/C 3937

Poisoned Dreams (1960-1964). (The Century: America's Time; 10.)

Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a political-cultural meltdown. This program documents U.S.-Soviet conflicts of interest in Cuba and Vietnam and the growing polarization at home between civil rights activists and segregationist hard-liners, which resulted in the Birmingham riots and the freedom march on Washington, D.C. 43 min. Video/C 6363

The Politics of Love - In Black and White.

Confronts interracial romance on America's campuses. 33 min. Video/C 2969

[Powell, Adam Clayton] Adam Clayton Powell: An Autobiographical Documentary.

Documents the life of Adam Clayton Powell, congressman and pastor of the largest Black congregation in the country. Traces Powell's efforts to eliminate oppression and injustice in America. 58 min. Video/C 261

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[Powell, Adam Clayton] Adam Clayton Powell.

Julian Bond narrates this documentary on the life of Adam Clayton Powell, U.S. Congressman and pastor of the largest Black congregation in the country. Utilizes archival footage, still photographs and on-screen interviews. Directed by Richard Kilberg. 53 min. Video/C 1770

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[Randolph, A. Philip] A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs & Freedom.

Biography of the African American labor leader, journalist, and civil rights activist, A. Philip Randolph. Randolph won the first national labor agreement for a black union, The Sleeping Car porters. His threat of a protest march on Washington forced President Roosevelt to ban segregation in the federal government and defense industries at the onset of WWII and again he forced Truman to integrate the military. Finally with the 1963 March on Washington, Randolph succeeded in placing civil rights at the forefront of the nation's legislative agenda as he passed the torch to Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes music of the labor and civil rights movements. Director: Dante James. 86 min. Video/C 4127

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Revolution '67

Focuses on the explosive urban rebellion which erupted in Newark, New Jersey, in July 1967; a tragedy caused by similar problems that sparked race riots across America. The film takes viewers on a daily chronicle of events, including the calling-in of the State Police and National Guard, their occupation of the city and use of unnecessary firepower. Final toll: 26 dead. Produced & directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno. c2007. 90 min. DVD 9367

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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

A 4-part series offering the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement presenting the context in which the laws of segregation known as the "Jim Crow" system originated and developed. A film by Bill Jersey, c2002. 56 min. each installment

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Program one, Promises betrayed (1865-1896). As reconstruction ended African Americans' efforts to assert their rights began to be repressed. Whites succeeded in passing laws that segregated and disfranchised African Americans which they enforced with violence. This first episode recounts the black response by documenting the work of early African American civil rights leaders including Booker T. Washington, anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and others. Video/C 9424

Fighting Back (1896-1917). Illustrates the early rise of a successful black middle class in the late 19th century and the determination of white supremacists to destroy fledgling black political power. Growing oppression had a profound effect on a professor at Atlanta University, W.E.B. Du Bois and a teenage Walter White, both of whom would become leaders in the newly founded National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Video/C 9425

Don't Shout Too Soon (1917-1940). Chronicles the years between the wars as a time of massive black migration from the South and continuing conflict within it. A new round of race riots and lynching broke out in the aftermath of World War I and by the 1930's many African-Americans found their sole support from Socialists and Communists, who helped organize tenant farmers and sharecroppers and defended the falsely accused "Scottsboro Boys." While NAACP counsel Charles Houston began a lengthy legal campaign to chip away at Jim Crow, Walter White waged war in the court of public opinion. Video/C 9426

The Road to Brown: The Untold Story of "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow".

The story of segregation and the brilliant legal campaign against it which helped to launch the Civil Rights movement. Also a moving and long-overdue tribute to a daring but little known Black lawyer, Charles Hamilton Houston - "the man who killed Jim Crow." 50 min. DVD 4768; also vhs Video/C 1845

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The Road to Mississippi: Reclaiming Our History.

Students travel to the South to interview residents of the area where the film Mississippi Burning was produced. They seek to discover the true history of the civil rights movement from those who loved it, rather than from the distortions presented in the Hollywood film. 30 min. Video/C 2580

San Francisco State On Strike.

Documentary film of a five month long strike in the Fall of 1968 at San Francisco State College in which the Third World Liberation Front mobilized students to call for "the power to change the racist nature of eduction" and to demand the establishment of a Black Studies Department at the college. 20 min. Video/C 4132

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The Second American Revolution.

Hosts Bill Moyers, Ruby Dee, and Ossie Davis examine the search of Blacks for racial equality in Twentieth Century America. 116 min. Video/C 868

Simple Justice.

Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs. [Sound Recording]

Contents: We are soldiers in the army -- Keep your hand on the plow -- This little light -- You better leave segregation alone -- Your dog loves my dog -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around -- I woke up this morning with my mind on freedom -- Keep your eyes on the prize -- Oh Pritchett, oh Kelly -- Up above my head -- This little light -- Brown baby -- Which side are you on? -- I'm gonna sit at the welcome table -- Mass meeting and prayer -- Guide my feet -- I'm on my way -- Rev. Ralph Abernathy -- Yes, we want our freedom -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do -- Get on board -- No danger in the water -- Medgar Evans speaking -- Keep your eyes on the prize -- We shall overcome. Sound/D 118 (also in Music Library MUSI CD14465 Music)

[Smith, Eugenia] Miss Smith of Georgia

The Strange Demise of Jim Crow: How Houston Desegregated Its Public Accomodations,

Told by the participants themselves, this documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes compromises, negotiations, and the controversial news black-outs which helped bring about the quiet 1960 desegregation of Houston's hotels, restaurants, lunch counters, and theaters. 1997. 57 min. Video/C 6454

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Strange Fruit

A documentary exploring the history and legacy of the anti-lynching protest song made famous by Billie Holiday. The film examines the history of lynching, the courage of those who fought for racial justice, and the interplay of race, labor and the left and popular culture as forces that would give rise to the Civil Rights Movement. It also presents the story of the composer Lewis Allan, a Jewish schoolteacher and union activist from the Bronx who wrote the poem and later set it to music. c2002. 58 min. Video/C 8924

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[Till, Emmett] The Murder of Emmett Till

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[Till, Emmett] The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

This film that helped reopen one of history's most notorious cold case civil rights murders, is the result of the director's 10-year journey to uncover the truth. In August, 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley of Chicago sent her only child, Emmett Louis Till, to visit relatives in the Mississippi Delta. Little did she know that only 8 days later, Emmett would be abducted from his Great-Uncle's home, brutally beaten and murdered for one of the oldest Southern taboos : whistling at a white woman in public. It was Beauchamp's nine years of investigation, summarized in the film, that was primarily responsible for the reopening of the case by the Justice Department. 2005. 70 min. DVD 5182

A Time for Burning

Originally produced in 1967, this classic cinema verite fim captures the awakening of the civil rights movement as it challenged the nation to change its ways. Originally rejected by three major networks for being too converversial, the film captures the struggles of the pastor of an all-white Lutheran church in Omaha, Nebraska as tries to get his congregation to reach out to their fellow black Lutherans, only to find a wall of resistance among his church. Conceived, directed and edited by Bill Jersey & Barbara Connell. Originally released as a documentary film in 1967. 58 min. DVD 4898

A Time for Justice: America's Civil Rights Movement

Uses first-hand testimony of participants and archival footage to present a compelling look at the battle for civil rights in the South, recalling the crises in Montgomery, Little Rock, Birmingham, and Selma. It depicts the struggle through the experiences of its "foot soldiers," who rode where they weren't supposed to ride, walked where they were forbidden to walk and sat where they weren't supposed to sit and stood their ground until they won their freedom. Dist.: Direct Cinema. 1992. 38 min. Video/C 8987

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The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966. [Sound recording]

Contents: Freedom medley: Freedom chant ; Oh freedom ; Thislittle light of mine -- This little light of mine --If you miss me from the back of the bus -- Lord, holdmy hand while I run this race -- Get on board,children -- Calypso freedom -- Freedom now chant -- Ohfreedom -- Ain' scared of nobody -- Leaning on the everlasting arms -- Sermon / Rev. LawrenceCampbell -- We are soldiers in the army -- Go tell iton the mountain -- Wade in the water -- Come bah yah --Walk with me, Lord -- Jesus on the mainline, tell himwhat you want -- Freedom train -- Don't you think it'sabout time that we all be free -- We're marching on tofreedom land -- We shall overcome -- We'll never turnback -- We shall not be moved -- Certainly, Lord --Get your rights, Jack -- Which side are you on -- Wokeup this morning with my mind on freedom -- Been in thestorm so long -- Dog, dog -- The A & P song -- OhPritchett, oh Kelly -- I told Jesus -- 99 1/2 won't do-- I'm on my way -- City called heaven -- In theMississippi River -- Ain' gonna let nobody turn me 'round -- Will the circle be unbroken --Governor Wallace -- Ballad of Medgar Evers -- UncleTom's prayer -- Oginga odinga -- We shall overcome. Sound/D 119 (also in Music Library MUSI CD11872)

We Shall Overcome

Traces the transformation of the title song from an old slave spiritual to the anthem of the civil rights movement, while chronicling its effect on human rights movements in the United States and in other parts of the world, using historical footage and personal recollections. Narrator: Harry Belafonte. Performers: Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Taj Mahal, Peter, Paul & Mary, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Guy Carawan, Julian Bond, Andrew Young, Desmond Tutu. 1989. 58 min. Video/C 6400

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We'll Never Turn Back.

1963 documentary shot by Harvey Richards includes segments on Julian Bond, Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer and other civil rights leaders. Interviews black farmers and share croppers about their experiences trying to register to vote. A film by Harvey Richards. Dist.: Estuary Press. 33 min. DVD 4225; also VHS Video/C 2792

[Williams, Mabel] Self Respect, Self Defense and Self Determination

Introduction: Angela Davis ; moderator, Rachel Herzing ; speakers, Mabel Williams, Kathleen Cleaver. Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, two women of the 60s Black liberation struggle share their personal experiences -- resisting the KKK and police repression, forced exile and their international experiences in Third World nations -- and how their their story relates to the struggle today. Recorded in Oakland, California on March 14, 2004. Program presented by Freedom Archives, East Side Arts Alliance, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. 72 min. Dist.: Freedom Archives 72 min. Video/C MM291
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[Williams, Rob] Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power.

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[Williams, Juan]Interview with Juan Williams.

Juan Williams, author of the book and TV series, Eyes on the Prize, speaks at UC Santa Cruz about the civil rights movement in the 1990's. Video/C 2230

You Got to Move!

A documentary about personal and social transformation, YOU GOT TO MOVE records the progress of individuals who, together with Tennessee's legendary Highlander Folk School, founded by Myles Horton, have worked for union, civil, environmental, and women's rights in the South. The film takes us beyond the individual issues to the very process of social change and the evolution of leadership. At a time when so many people may feel powerless, this film joyfully announces people do count, that they can make a difference. 28 min. Video/C 1226

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The Black Panthers UC Berkeley Library Social Activism Sound Recording: Black Panther Party

All Power to the People!: The Black Panther Party and Beyond .

This powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in the mid-1960's. Government documents, rare news clips, interviews with ex-activists and FBI/CIA agents define the bloody conflict between political dissent and repressive government authority in the U.S. during the period of the 60s and the 70s. 1996. 115 min. Video/C 6523

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Berkeley in the Sixties.

Contents: Pt. 1 Confronting the university: the Free Speech Movement-- pt. 2. Confronting America: the anti-war movement (32 min.) -- pt. 3. Confronting history: the counter-culture movement(45 min.). Through interviews with participants and archival footage, presents a history of Berkeley, California in the 1960s. Produced and directed by Mark Kitchell. 117 min. Video/C 1761
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Black August 2000[Sound Recording]

A live program celebrating the history of the black power movement in the United States with particular emphasis on the Black Panther Party through "historical voices and culture," speeches and song. Featuring George Jackson, Georgia Jackson, Ruchell Magee, Hugo Pinell, Spearhead with Michael Franti, Babatunde Lea, E. W. Wainwright and the African Roots of Jazz, Rosemari Mealy, Kiilu Nyasha, Kumasi, Curly Estremera, Yuri Kochiyama, Devorah Major, Ida McRay, the San Quentin Six, Pierre Labossiere, Naru. Held at the Alice Arts Center, Oakland, California in August, 2001. San Francisco, Calif.: Freedom Archives, 2001. 180 min. Sound/C 1503

Black Panther.

Interviews with founding members of the Black Panther Party and documentary footage of the organization's meetings and marches. (NOTE: this is basically the same film as Off the Pig [Video/C 5852]) 15 min. DVD 3044; also VHS Video/C 4131

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Video clip of Huey Newton interview in the Alameda County jail (also includes clip of Eldridge Cleaver) [From the video Black Panther. Permission to digitize courtesy of California Newsreel]

Video clip of Free Huey rally, Alameda County jail [From the video Black Panther. Permission to digitize courtesy of California Newsreel]

Black Panther Miscellany

Four archival films from the late 1960s presenting the political leaders and activities of the Black Panther Party.Contents: l. Angela Davis prison interview (Container title: Angela Davis in Prison) (col., 17 min.) -- 2. Bobby Seale in prison (b&w, 15 min.) -- 3. Columbia University, 1970 (Container title: Jean Genet and Black Panthers) (col., 12 min.) -- 4. Alameda County, California (Container title: Black Panthers in Alameda County ) (b&w, 8 min.). [c2001?] 53 min. Video/C 8159

Black Panther Recordings from the Pacifica Foundation Archives

Online audiorecordings of Black Panther interviews, speeches, and other activities 1969-1990. See Separate listing and information regarding access to these recordings

Black Panthers (Le Panthers Noir; Huey!)

Huey!: Original uncut international documentary directed by French filmmaker Agnes Varda of the "Free Huey" rally held at the Oakland Auditorium on February 17th 1968. 46 min. DVD 8791; vhs Video/C 7315

The Black Panthers

This event is organized by the Graduate Assembly, University of California, Berkeley. This event took place on October 25, 1990, at Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. Speakers: Benny Stewart, Pedro Niguera. Sheba MacKeba, Baroni Stevens, Landon Williams, Bobby Seale. approx. 2 hours, 16 min. Video/C 2574

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Black Power, White Backlash, 1966.(Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources)

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. Reporter: Mike Wallace. 56 min. Video/C 7367

The Century: America's Time: Unpinned

Riots and protests intensified in the U.S. as the war in Vietnam dragged on, with anti-war and civil rights activists seeking violent ways to agitate for peace and equality. This program pesents the unrelenting rage that divided the nation during those perilous years, as the Watts race riots, the assissinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and the Kent State killings made headline news. 45 min. Video/C 6364

[Cleaver, Eldridge] Eldridge Cleaver recorded at Syracuse. [SOUND RECORDING]

San Francisco: More, 1968.UCB Bancroft Phonotape 1525:1c-2a B; UCB Bancroft Phonodisc 423

[Cleaver, Eldridge] Soul on Wax: Eldridge Cleaver Recorded at Syracuse [SOUND RECORDING]

[Hawthorne, CA?]: More Record Company, distributed by All Platinum Record. UCB Bancroft Phonodisc 727

[Cleaver, Kathleen]Kathleen Cleaver on Mumia [sound recording]

Kathleen Cleaver speaks at San Francisco State University about the case of African American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. Abu-Jamal's Black Panther background and the political atmosphere of Philadelphia at the time stirred ardent advocates, pro and con, as the trial intersected racial politics and criminal justice. San Francisco, Calif.: Freedom Archives, 2001. 120 min. Sound/C 1508

[Cleaver, Kathleen]Self Respect, Self Defense and Self Determination