Resource Guides: African American/Black History and Experience: Civil Rights & Black Power Movements

Web Resources

African Americans and Seattle Civil Rights History
Gateway to resources on civil rights activism in the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Black Panther Party
Civil Rights Digital Library
Civil Rights Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
Eyes on the Prize from PBS
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Voices of Civil Rights Online Exhibition from the Library of Congress
Malcolm X Project at Columbia University

I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin

Watch the entire film on Kanopy and other streaming media platforms

Interview with Malcolm X, 1963

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.

Watch the entire film on Kanopy and other streaming media platforms

Additional Resources

SNCC Digital Gateway
SNCC Digital Gateway: Learn from the Past, Organize for the Future, Make Democracy Work is a collaborative project of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC—pronounced “Snick”) Legacy Project, Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, and Duke University Libraries.
The Freedom Archives
Contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings as well as print materials dating primarily from the late-1960s to the mid-90s. These collections chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements for liberation and social justice.
Civil Rights Movement- Digital Public Library of America
Includes information and resources on Women's Leadership, Legal Battles, Organizations, Black Power, and more.

Eyes on the Prize

Award-winning documentary shown on PBS. Using interviews and historical footage, the series covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985. Watch the entire series the Edmonds College Library Kanopy Streaming service. You can also check the DVD's out from the library.

For background and information about the documentary, as well as profiles and primary sources,visit the Eyes on the Prize website.

Documentaries

At the River I Stand
Available on Kanopy.
Memphis, Spring 1968 marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. AT THE RIVER I STAND skillfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a strike by Memphis sanitation worker into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brother outsider the life of Bayard Rustin
Available in Kanopy and on DVD in the Library.
Bayard Rustin was one of the first 'freedom riders, ' an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. [However], his homosexuality forced him to play a background role in landmark events in the Black struggle.
Martin Luther King, Jr: Been To The Mountaintop
Available in Kanopy and on DVD in the library. Original footage highlights Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dramatic speeches and conversations spanning 1956 to 1968, including his last address on April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination.

African American/Black History and Experience: Civil Rights & Black Power Movements

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