Let Justice Roll Down: The Civil Rights Movement Through Film (1954-1965)
Joan Rapczynski
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America’s Civil Rights Movement, this film introduces the civil rights movement through people who risked their lives during the movement. The video challenges students to understand the fundamental democratic principles behind the movement and identifies sacrifices.
The Civil Rights Movement: Witness to History, this film describes the civil rights movement from 1955-1965.
The Ernest Green Story, this film recreates the integration of Central High School in 1957 as told through the eyes of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine.
Eyes on the Prize, is a six part series of historical film and interviews on African-American life.
Ghosts of Mississippi recreates the assassination of Medgar Evers and the subsequent trials of Byron de la Beckwith.
The Long Walk Home is a delightful film about the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Malcolm X, Spike Lee’s presentation of Malcolm X begins with his gangster period in Harlem and ends with his assassination at the age of 39.
Mississippi Burning is a fictional account of what might have happened during Freedom Summer when three young civil rights workers were murdered by the KKK.
Separate But Equal is a detailed account of how the Brown v. the Board of Education case came to be a reality and the significance of the case.