Sherman Grinberg Film Library
African-American auditorium dedicated in Jackson, Mississippi
Title superimposed on the exterior of the College Park Auditorium, "Negro Auditorium Dedicated at Jackson, Miss." / Cars driving past the auditorium / African-American people walking past and entering the building / Mayor Allen Thompson...
Hearst Metrotone News
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
Hearst Metrotone News
Segregation signs advertise locations exclusive to whites or colored people.
Segregation signs advertise locations exclusive to whites or colored people.
Hearst Metrotone News
African Americans eat with caucasians at a Woolworth's lunch counter after the overturning of segregation laws.
African Americans eat with caucasians at a Woolworth's lunch counter after the overturning of segregation laws.
Getty Images
Montgomery Bus Boycott and MLK
Busy main street, traffic / segregation sign over doorway, 'Colored Gallery' / Black Montgomery bus boycott protesters getting into car during Montgomery bus boycott / white people boarding empty bus / empty buses driving through streets...
Hearst Metrotone News
A man removes segregation signs from buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
A man removes segregation signs from buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
Hearst Metrotone News
African Americas walk down a city sidewalk protesting the segregation of buses.
African Americas walk down a city sidewalk protesting the segregation of buses.
Hearst Metrotone News
African Americans and student demonstrators form a picket line in front of Woolworth's to oppose the segregation of lunch counters.
African Americans and student demonstrators form a picket line in front of Woolworth's to oppose the segregation of lunch counters.
Hearst Metrotone News
Young African Americans paint, dance and play sports.
Young African Americans paint, dance and play sports.
PBS
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign
Two short PBS videos introduce young scholars to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 Poor People's Campaign, his support for the Memphis sanitation worker's strike, and the plans for the march on Washington, D.C., to fight poverty. Viewers...
PBS
Jim Crow Laws Influence the Fight for Women's Suffrage | Carrie Chapman Catt
A short, but very thought-filled video, examines the how Carrie Chapman Catt's push for passage of the 19th Amendment was impacted by Jim Crow Laws in southern states. Viewers are asked to consider the compromises made and whether the...
PBS
Reconstruction: The Black Codes
During the era of Reconstruction, the planter class of the South tried to replicate the time before the Civil War by squashing rights given in the Thirteenth, Fourteenths and Fifteenth amendments. Using a video clip featuring renowned...
PBS
Reconstruction: The Birth of a Nation - Rewriting History through Propaganda
How historically accurate was the film The Birth of a Nation? Using a video that features clips from the film and analysis from historians, young scholars explore the connection between art and history. Additional activities...
PBS
Preaching the Gospel of the Revolution
Articulate and determined, passionate about equal treatment for all Americans, James Baldwin was an early spokesman for the Civil Rights Movement. The short PBS video provides viewers with the opportunity to hear Baldwin share his ideas...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-In
More than an iconic image, the picture of young people sitting at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., to protest segregation and Jim Crow laws also sparked a new phase of the civil rights movement. Video clips, including activists,...
National Geographic
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. not only paved the way for African American citizens' civil rights, he created an example for women's groups, Hispanic groups, and groups with disabilities to fight for their rights as well. Learn more with a...
Macat
An Introduction to Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow
Is the War on Drugs responsible for the inordinate number of black Americans sent to prison for non-violent drug offensives? That's MIchelle Alexander's contention in her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Jim Crow and the Fight for American Citizenship
[Free Registration/Login Required] Johnathan Halloway presents a long lecture covering civil rights from the 1920's and 1930's in the United States. Within this presentation, Halloway identifies the historical events and the national...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws mainly targeted African Americans and took the form of poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 2: De Jure Segregation
On today's podcast, we define de jure segregation. This is a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired on November 4, 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 8: Resisting Jim Crow
On today's episode, we discuss Jim Crow laws and the ways African Americans organized to resist them.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jim Crow
Jim Crow laws were adopted by most Southern states after the end of Reconstruction.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lucy Laney
This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow addresses the life and impact of Lucy Laney, the founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School in Augusta, Georgia. Laney was an influential Jim Crow-era educator. She believed...