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Watch Top 11 Civil Rights Videos
| October 6, 2011 | Posted by Darcy Pattison under Civil Rights |
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VIDEOS HONORING CIVIL RIGHTS’ HEROES—AND STIRRING THE HEART AND CONSCIENCE
- Biography: Rosa Parks (4:41), by the BiographyChannel
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Segregation at All Costs: Bull Connor and the Civil Rights Movement (10:19), National History Day documentary; includes the arrest of 959 schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama and features footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Children’s March (3:05), contemporary students’ original rap/music for a school project, featuring video footage of the Birmingham children’s actions for civil rights and what happened as a result.
If you can’t see the video, click here.
- Jackie Robinson Civil Rights Rally in Birmingham (1:09), encouraging others in the civil rights movement that the world is starting to listen and notice.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Little Rock 9—50th Anniversary, featuring an interview with Ernest Green, one of the “Little Rock Nine”, 50 years after the Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School integration, with footage of those students walking through angry crowds and armed soldiers, then escorted by armed soldiers.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Mahalia Jackson Live Late 1960s, footage of one of the greatest performers and performances of this song (6:24).
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Louis Armstrong (5:45), audio with his photo, recorded May 1970, his next to last studio session; he wasn’t well enough to play his trumpet, but this is a heartfelt singing performance—close your eyes and listen.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Diana Ross (5:21), beginning and ending with a more contemporary sound, it leads into a gripping 1996 concert performance with a full orchestra and choir (watch for the tears in Diana’s eyes).
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Dr. R.A. Williams Choir (4:00), lively video with an enthusiastic 2008 performance.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - The Morehouse College Glee Club, 2009 (4:11), beautiful performance combining a classical and a more traditional sound.
If you can’t see the video, click here. - Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, 2010 (2:19), sweet-sounding violin performance by young music students.
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“WE SHALL OVERCOME” VIDEO PERFORMANCES TO INSPIRE YOU
–Compiled by Lorri Cardwell-Casey
[...] For other lesson plans and teacher resources, see the African American History Month site. Or watch these Civil Rights Videos. [...]