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MLK: The Other America Speech

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Civil rights movement M.L.K. speeches. Contains some content from speeches given by Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years Streaming video. The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today. To access, click title, then log in with full SVC email address and password

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The African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era The post-war era marked a period of unprecedented energy against the second class citizenship accorded to African Americans in many parts of the nation. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, “freedom rides,” and rallies received national attention as newspaper, radio, and television reporters and cameramen documented the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts.
Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. From History.com
Civil Rights Movement Timeline The civil rights movement emerges less than 100 years after slavery has been abolished in 1865. It grows in response to the racial attitudes and segregation that remain within society.

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MLK: The Other America Speech

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