Civil Rights Project

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails.

A documentary about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance to the conquest of rights for African Americans in the U.S. in the 50's and 60's.

Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states.

An award-winning documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, community activists, and scholars.

Documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he was accused of whistling at a white woman.

On January 31st, 1961, in Rock Hill SC, the men who would become known as the Friendship 9 walked across town and sat down at a lunch counter. They were beaten, dragged outside, threatened, and sentenced to 30 days of hard labor at the York County Prison Camp.

This program confronts the ugly reality of racist violence in the South during those troubled times and the sequence of events that ultimately spurred Congress and President Johnson to enact the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Segment from The Color of Justice. One of the most famous cases of integration takes place in Little Rock. Governor Orval Faubus has the National Guard block nine black students from entering Central High. President Eisenhower sends Federal Troops to protect the nine black students.

List of videos that feature or are about Martin Luther King, Jr.

The lyrics of the song made famous by Billie Holiday, referred to lynching. The song caused such controversy when it was first heard, that producers and radio stations wanted nothing to do with it. The song became synonymous with the black Civil Rights Movement.