Be inspired by the men and women of the African American Civil Rights Movement. Each of the features below is a window into a documentary or program about these momentous figures,including rare interviews with Martin L. King Jr and Malcolm X. The features will connect you directly to the website of a PBS partner where it can be viewed in full or allow you to watch a preview directly within the collection below. Get started now. Venture back into history with PBS to explore the men and women of The Civil Rights Movement.
Spotlight on Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young
Young Took the Struggle from the Streets to Boardroom.
Julian Bond on SNCC, MLK, and the NAACP
Julian Bond discusses his childhood, organizing sit-ins, MLK and the NACCP.
John Lewis: Fighting for Change in America
John Lewis recounts his first meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Angela Davis on Seeing Her Younger Self
Dr. Angela Davis speaks with PBS NewsHour about her 1972 interviews.
Stokely Carmichael: The Freedom Rider
Stokely Carmichael may be best remembered as the man who coined the term "Black Power.” Revisit his early days in the Freedom Rides.
Understanding MLK
Celebrate King's Legacy with this special collection of videos, articles and rare interviews.
The videos and features above are from PBS documentaries and productions by American Experience, Indpendent Lens, OPB, KLRU, WNET, A Huey P. Newton Story, and African American World.
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Torchbearers
