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Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Freedom Summer
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Bob Moses announces the 1964 project known as Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
Mississippi-Is This America? (1963-1964) | A New Party
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Victoria Gray Adams explains the goals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | Freedom Riders
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CORE's James Farmer explains the procedures for the Freedom Riders through the South.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | John Lewis
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John Lewis speaks about what the Freedom Riders experienced while traveling in Alabama.
Awakenings (1954-1956) | Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Montgomery, AL's Black residents prep for the 1955 bus boycott after Rosa Park's arrest.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | Nashville Sit-Ins
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Activist Diane Nash recounts a day during the lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
No Easy Walk (1961-1963) | March on Washington: John Lewis
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An excerpt of John Lewis's speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Two Societies (1965-1968) | Promo
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The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."
The Time Has Come (1964-1966) | Promo
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After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.
The Promised Land (1967-1968) | Promo
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Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.
Power! (1966-1968) | Promo
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The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.
Back to the Movement (1979-mid '80s) | Promo
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Power and powerlessness in the cities of Miami and Chicago.
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