Saturday, January 19, 2013

Remembering the civil rights struggle



We celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on January 21. Here is a curated set of film clips that serve to recall the major challenges of inequality, segregation, and violence that faced the African American community in the Jim Crow racial system of the 1940s and 1950s.  These videos capture some of the signal moments in that struggle through the 1960s. Dr. King's contribution to American history is truly pivotal in this "second American revolution".

   
Dr. King on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955



  
Little Rock Nine, 1957


 
 Freedom Riders, 1961 video



The integration of Ole Miss 1962


Voter registration in Mississippi, 1963



The March on Washington 1963



The Birmingham Church Bombing 1963


  
The murder of Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner 1964 [1:22]


  
Dr King in Selma, 1965 


  
Dr King in Montgomery, 1965 




Bloody Sunday, Selma 1965


 
Martin Luther King, I'm tired of violence, Yazoo, 1966


 
Martin Luther King, Montgomery to Memphis 1965 documentary