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  • Mississippi, America

    Mississippi, America

    Narrated by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, this story uses archival footage and on-camera interviews to reveal the little known, but important chapter in US history: how America’s attorneys volunteered to assist Black Mississippians in their battle for the right to vote and political representation in the 1960’s. It is a story of persistence and courage in the face of oppression and life-threatening violence. Broadcast on PBS Primetime television (1996 – 1999).

  • Storming The Gates: Struggle For Access To Higher Education In Illinois

    Storming The Gates: Struggle For Access To Higher Education In Illinois

    “Storming the Gates: The Struggle for Access to Higher Education in Illinois.” This documentary chronicles the ongoing history of Blacks and Latinos in Illinois higher education. This video was produced by Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE) in partnership with the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE). The film features trailblazers from institutions across Illinois who played key roles in opening access to higher education for students of color.

    It illustrates the links between access and the civil rights movements of blacks and Latinos in the 1960s and ’70s, and highlights the importance and the central role Illinois has played in the national struggle for access and equity. It also demonstrates the importance of black and brown people coming together as the struggle continues against the erosion of, and actions to cut back on, affirmative action gains.

  • [’63 Boycott: Timuel Black interview]

    [’63 Boycott: Timuel Black interview]

    Camera original footage shot for the documentary ’63 Boycott from Kartemquin Films. ’63 Boycott is a thirty-minute documentary and web project highlighting the stories of participants in the 1963 Chicago Public School (CPS) Boycott (also known as Freedom Day). One of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations in the city’s history, on October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups, local activists, and 250,000 students staged a mass boycott and demonstration against the Chicago Board of Education to protest racial segregation and inadequate resources for Black students. This interview features Timuel Black, a long-time Civil Rights activist, educator, and historian of African-American history. In the 1960s Black served as an adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr. and led the Chicago contingent to the 1963 March on Washington.

  • Searching for the Mountaintop

    Searching for the Mountaintop

    The power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life—his clarion oratory skill, his burning prophetic demand for racial and economic justice—tremors through the consciousness of our society today. Yet the urgency of his message and radical call to action, it could be said, proved not just from the transformative clarity of his vision but in the way this vision defied the proximity of death’s shadow. “Each morning as I brush my teeth and wash my face,” King would say, according […]

  • Final Thoughts on 10 Years of A Message to the Grassroots

    Final Thoughts on 10 Years of A Message to the Grassroots

    An episode of Message to the Grassroots, a cable access talk show produced & hosted by Michael Zinzun from 1988-1998 at Pasadena Community Access Corporation, which is now Pasadena Media < //www.pasadenamedia.org>. This is the final program.

  • [Howard Zinn raw #40: Various bits from newsreels over the years]

    [Howard Zinn raw #40: Various bits from newsreels over the years]

    Assortment of newsreel footage on the Vietnam War.

  • [Howard Zinn raw #34: Zinn and Dennis Mueller speak on Civil Rights, social classes, and human nature]

    [Howard Zinn raw #34: Zinn and Dennis Mueller speak on Civil Rights, social classes, and human nature]

    Filmmaker Denis Mueller interviews Howard Zinn. They discuss Howard’s early life and his thoughts on class and human nature.

  • [Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]

    [Howard Zinn raw #33: Oscar Chase discusses Zinn’s impact and their relationship]

    Oscar Chase discusses Howard Zinn and their activities with SNCC.

 
 
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