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They Were There: Remembering The Civil Rights Movement
presented by Jim Lehrer, 1934-; produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2010), 1 hour 12 mins
Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances...
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presented by Jim Lehrer, 1934-; produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2010), 1 hour 12 mins
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Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances of the March on Washington, Rosa Parks, and Hamilton Holmes. This collection also features a 1997 interview with Ruby Bridges, who in 1...
Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances of the March on Washington, Rosa Parks, and Hamilton Holmes. This collection also features a 1997 interview with Ruby Bridges, who in 1960, at 6-years old, became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
Author / Creator
Jim Lehrer, 1934-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942-
Person Discussed
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942-, Joseph Lowery, 1921-, Eleanor Holmes Norton, 1937-, Dorothy Height, 1912-2010, Vernon Jordan, Jr., 1935-, John Lewis, 1940-, Rosa Parks, 1913-2005, Ruby Bridges, 1954-, Hamilton E. Holmes, 1941-1995
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Women's rights, Social activism and activists, Segregation, Race relations, Race and culture, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Rosa Parks Arrested, Montgomery, AL, December 1, 1955, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Politics & Policy, History, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2010 NewsHour Productions
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