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| RESOURCE | GRADE LEVEL | MEDIA TYPE |
|---|---|---|
Freedom Riders Create ChangeThis video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" highlights the impact of the 1961 Freedom Rides on the efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. |
6-12 |
Video |
Fresh TroopsThis video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how the Nashville student movement trained future Freedom Riders in nonviolence, and why these students were so essential in sustaining the Freedom Rides. |
6-12 |
Video |
Movement Music MedleyThis collection of songs and images highlights the role of music in the Civil Rights movement. |
K-12 |
Video |
The Murder of Emmett TillThis video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder helped spark the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. |
9-12 |
Video |
Sonia Sanchez: "Malcolm"In this video segment, poet Sonia Sanchez recites her poem "Malcolm," as a eulogy to the slain civil rights leader, Malcolm X. Recorded for Eyes on the Prize. |
9-12 |
Video |
Sonia Sanchez: Meeting Malcolm XIn this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, poet Sonia Sanchez recalls the pivotal moment when she first heard civil rights leader Malcolm X speak. |
9-12 |
Video |
Sonia Sanchez: The Meaning of Malcolm XPoet Sonia Sanchez, interviewed here for Eyes on the Prize, describes what the outspoken civil rights leader Malcolm X represented to African Americans in the 1960s. |
9-12 |
Video |
