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Secondary History : USA: Civil Rights in the 20th Century

Clip description		Keywords
	16th Street Baptist Church bombing, 1963 Duration: 02:04 Racist whites bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed.	16th Street Baptist Church, bomb, civil rights, discrimination, African American, Alabama, history, black history

	African Americans campaign for equal voting rights, 1964 Duration: 03:47 Eyewitnesses describe the barriers that were put in front of African Americans who wanted to vote and explain how they campaigned against this discrimination.	Martin Luther King, African American, segregation, non-violence, constitution, votes, voting, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	An African American teenager describes life in Harlem, New York, in 1964 Duration: 03:10 Film that follows the life and experiences of a young African American in an inner city area of New York in 1964.	Martin Luther King, James Cross, segregation, non-violence, constitution, Black Power, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Birmingham, Alabama Duration: 00:50 Martin Luther King joined activists in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, in their non-violent protest against segregation.	segregation, Martin Luther King, discrimination, non-violence, civil rights, African American, history, black history

	Black Power: the march against fear, Mississippi, 1966 Duration: 03:41 Stokely Carmichael delivers a powerful and passionate speech advocating Black Power.	Martin Luther King, Segregation, nonviolence, constitution, voting, Stokely Carmichael, Black Power, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Bristol bus boycott 1963 Duration: 03:07 Black people, inspired by Martin Luther King, demand equality from the Bristol Omnibus Company.	female labour, employment, fear, discrimination, prejudice, black history, Martin Luther King, Alabama, Harold Wilson, West Indian Development Council, Witness, UK, immigration

	Campaigning for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, 1965 Duration: 02:20 British news report about the involvement of a wide cross-section of the community in the campaign for equal voting rights in the American Deep South in 1965.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, voting, constitution,Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Challenge to segregated education in the USA - Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957 Duration: 01:21 Explanation of the significance of the events at Little Rock Arkansas, 1957 in which a nine African American students braved intense hostility to attend a formerly all white school.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, education, Eisenhower, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Children's Crusade Duration: 01:30 Foot soldiers discuss the 'Children's Crusade' march that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.	Martin Luther King, Alabama, civil rights, African American, Children's Crussade, black history

	Controls on voting rights from 1870 Duration: 01:26 A look at laws introduced in the American South to prevent African Americans from voting.	poll tax, literacy tests, property requirements, residency requirements, grandfather clause segregation, USA, history, civil rights, African American, civil liberties, American South, vote, voting rights, black history, slavery

	Desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 Duration: 03:21 A British news report on the successful campaign to force desegregation in Southern USA in 1963.	Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama, segregation, desegregation, non-violence, constitution, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Economic tactics to gain Civil Rights Duration: 00:35 Interview with Andrew Young, Civil Rights activist, explaining economic action by African Americans.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, economic boycott, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Educational segregation in northern US Cities, 1974 Duration: 04:27 Conflict resulting from attempts to integrate schools in Boston, USA, in 1974.	segregation, non-violence, constitution, education, Witness, Civil Rights, busing, USA, black history, subtitled

	Freedom Rides Duration: 00:47 In 1961, a group of multi-racial students attempted to ride from Washington to New Orleans on public transport to show segregation was still in practice.	segregation, discrimination, transport, civil rights, African American, history, USA

	Importance of African American churches Duration: 01:22 The role of the churches as a voice and as a social institution for African Americans is explored.	church, refuge, civil rights, USA, history, African American, civil liberties, American South, religion, black history

	Interview with black Muslim leader Malcolm X, 1964 Malcolm X sets out his programme for the Organisation of Afro-American Unity.	Black Power, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, Organisation of Afro-American Unity, Black Muslims, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s Duration: 01:27 A look at the reasons for race riots and the rise of the Ku Klux Kan in 1920s America.	Ku Klux Klan, race riots, 1920s, race relations, history, civil rights, African American, civil liberties, American South, black history

	Malcolm X launches the Organisation of Afro-American Unity, 1964 Duration: 01:55 Report and interview with radical African American leader Malcolm X 1964.	Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, segregation, nonviolence, violent action, Black Power, Organisation of Afro-American Unity, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	March on Washington, 1963 Duration: 01:19 A quarter of a million people joined a march on Washington in 1963 to highlight racial injustice and to put pressure on Congress to pass Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill.	Martin Luther King, President Kennedy, civil rights, African American, history, black history

	Martin Luther King describes the workings of segregation in the southern USA Interview with Martin Luther King in which he explains how African Americans were denied the same opportunities as white Americans.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, education, lunch counter, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Martin Luther King explains his non-violent methods of protest Duration: 01:09 Interview extract with Martin Luther King, in which he explains the philosophy and the aims of non-violent protest.	Martin Luther King, non-violence, constitution, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Massacre at Sharpeville, South Africa, 1960 Duration: 04:38 Peaceful protests against the passbooks were met with brutal violence. Reactions to the Sharpeville Massacre are documented, and some of the long-term consequences of the event are considered.	protest, pass laws, African National Congress, civil disobedience, non-violent protest, passbooks, Sharpeville, Nelson Mandela, Witness, Apartheid, black history, South Africa

	Mississippi Burning remembered (audio) Duration: 08:59 Interview with David Goodman, remembering his brother Andrew a civil rights activist who was murdered in 1964.	America, civil rights, voting, racism, Missippi Burning, Andrew Goodman, Freedom Summer, kidnap, murder, crime, citizenship, rights, human rights, oral history, memory, Witness

	Montgomery Bus Boycott Duration: 01:07 The 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the end of transport segregation in America.	segregation, Rosa Parks, civil rights, activist, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, history, black history, USA

	Obama wins US Presidential Election Duration: 0:52 Barack Obama speaks to a crowd of supporters on learning that he has won the United States Presidential election of 2008.	Civil rights, democracy. Barack Obama, president, Jesse Jackson, Witness, USA, black history, subtitled

	Post-1945 segregation Duration: 00:55 A description of the realities of segregation in the USA.	segregation, white only, colored only, African American, civil rights movement, history, black history

	Race riots in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 Duration: 03:55 British news report from Birmingham, Alabama, USA, in 1963 which tries to explain the extent of racial tension and violence and also describe government attempts to tackle further disturbance.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, racial violence, constitution, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Racial Prejudice in the USA in the 20th Century Duration: 00:02:09 The prejudice and discrimination that still faced black Americans in the 20th century.	segregation, civil rights, slavery, 1865, Ku Klux Klan, poverty, injustice, BlackPeoplesofAmericas, black history

	Remembering the Detriot Riots of 1967 (audio) Duration: 08:59 On 23 July 1967, riots broke out in the US city of Detroit, Michigan.	America, civil rights, Detroit Riots, Congressman John Conyers, racism, riots, looting, police prejudice, violence, law, crime, citizenship, society, oral history, witness

	Reputation and role of President Kennedy Duration: 00:32 A historian questions the extent of US President Kennedy's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.	President Kennedy, civil rights, African American, history, Alabama, black history

	Revisit the black power salute from the Mexico Olympics of 1968 Duration: 05:31 An interview with Tommie Smith who caused controversy during the 1968 Mexico Olympics with his Black Power salute.	BBCSport, Olympics, running, salute, black power, controversy, sport, Mexico

	Rosa Parks Duration: 01:49 American Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks describes the event that made her a heroine of the Civil Rights Movement in 1955.	Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott, segregation, non-violence, constitution, voting, Stokely Carmichael, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Selma to Montgomery March Duration: 02:00 In 1965, a march of protest from Selma, Alabama, was violently broken up by state and local police. A court order was raised that prevented the state from blocking further marches from Selma to Montgomery.	Alabama, protest, march, Martin Luther King, civil rights, African American, history, black history

	Struggle against segregation in the USA Duration: 01:55 A reflection on the struggle against segregation in 1950s USA as the nation prepares for its first black President.	segregation, Little Rock, civil rights, Black History Month, Obama, president

	The American Civil War Duration: 08:53 Drama and narration set the economic and moral context for the American Civil War.	civil war, union, confederacy, USA, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, plantation, abolition, agriculture, industry, slavery, president, assassination, slaves, cotton, tobacco, AndrewMarrshistoryoftheworld, Andrew Marr

	The Great Migration Duration: 01:23 The reasons for and impact of the Great Migration of half a million African Americans from the South to the North.	North, ghettos, segregation, racism, Ku Klux Klan, USA, history, civil rights, civil liberties, Great Migration, Birth of a Nation, white supremacy, black history

	The ideas and impact of Marcus Garvey Duration: 00:03:56 Marcus Garvey's aims and ideas, and his impact on black people in the Caribbean in particular.	Marcus Garvey, black consciousness, Back to Africa movement, civil rights, BlackPeoplesofAmericas, black history

	The Revolutionary Action Movement – an example of Black Power from 1964 Duration: 02:21 News report on a radical African American nationalist organisation based in New York, USA, in 1964.	segregation, discrimination, violence, Civil Rights movements, Black Power, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	The views of Black Muslim Leader Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam Movement Duration: 03:16 A 1964 report exploring the views of the Nation of Islam and the differences between it and the more moderate Civil Rights movement.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, voting, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Tommie Smith's black power salute Duration: 01:27 Tommie Smith explains why he made the famous 'Black Power Salute' during the awards ceremony at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.	BBCSport, civil, rights, olympic, olympics, Mexico City, black power, Tommie Smith, awards, ceremony

	US Attorney General Robert Kennedy speaking about Civil Rights, 1963 Duration: 02:58 As part of a contemporary British news programme, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy responds to criticisms that the government had not done enough to improve Civil Rights.	Martin Luther King, segregation, Civil Rights, non-violence, constitution, Kennedy, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	US President Johnson introduces the Voting Rights Bill, 1965 President Johnson at the US Congress, introduces a new law to ban restrictions preventing African Americans from voting.	segregation, constitution, voting, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	USA segregation after the abolition of slavery Duration: 01:34 A look at the introduction of the legal systems of Racial Segregation in the American South in the 1870s and 80s.	South, racial control, cities, railroads, Jim Crow laws, 'separate but equal', USA, civil rights, African American, civil liberties, American South, black history

	Views of the Civil Rights Law in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 Duration: 02:47 News interview with Eugene Connor, Public Safety Commissioner for Birmingham, Alabama, USA, on his views about Civil Rights campaigns. Followed by an interview with Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King.	Martin Luther King, Eugene Connor, Bull Connor, segregation, non-violence, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Voting Rights Act, 1965 Duration: 01:09 The Civil Rights Law of 1964 did not abolish the literacy tests that prevented some people from voting.	law, segregation, literacy, voting, civil rights, African American, history, black history, USA

	What did Black Power mean to poor African Americans? Duration: 01:23 An African American sharecropper explains the impact of Stokely Carmichael and his concept of Black Power on the life of her community.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, voting, Stokely Carmichael, Black Power, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	What impact did the 1960s campaign for equal voting rights have in Alabama, USA? Duration: 02:24 A British news report from 1974 that examines the continuing existence of discrimination against African Americans in some parts of the USA's Deep South.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, voting, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	What role did the Freedom Riders play in the Civil Rights Movement? Duration: 01:52 Eyewitness accounts of the 1961 US Freedom Rides.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, Montgomery, constitution, Freedom Riders, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Who were civil rights campaigners representing in their equal voting rights campaigns of 1965? Duration: 01:28 British news report looking at African American sharecroppers, the poorest section of American society, and the challenges they faced.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, voting, Witness, sharecroppers, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

	Why did lunch counter protests make the headlines in the USA in 1960? Duration: 01:22 US students involved in the lunch counter protests of 1960 recall their actions and what happened to them as a result.	Martin Luther King, segregation, non-violence, constitution, lunch counter protest, Witness, Civil Rights, USA, black history, subtitled

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