A. National Videos

National Civil Rights Movement

These videos feature documentary footage of national events that occurred during the civil rights movement from 1940 through the early 1970’s. The featured videos vividly tell the story of the struggle and violence that took place in the South. Adults and children placed their lives on the front lines for justice every day.

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Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) was the major civil rights organization in South Carolina. Several other organizations such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating...

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Bloody Sunday | Road Trip

Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...

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Native Americans | Road Trip

John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002

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Brown v. Board of Education | Road Trip

The Plessy v. Ferguson decision set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal." In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case...

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Leading the Struggle | Road Trip

There were several key leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Despite visible leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, young people played a major role in...