Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement (1950s–1960s) was a pivotal struggle in the United States to end racial segregation and discrimination, led by activists like Martin Luther King Jr., resulting in significant legal and social progress.

The 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally.
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The 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally. Prayer.
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The 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally. Martin Luther King arrives.
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The 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally. Martin Luther King speaks.
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Lyndon B. Johnson announces the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. While not the first sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement, the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement. These sit-ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in US history. The primary event took place at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth store, now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
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996761612 / Civil Rights Movement / Speech / USA / 1963
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307157752 / Father Divine / Civil Rights Movement / USA / 1936
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307241053 / Senator / Civil Rights Movement / Washington / 1964
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1963 (August 28), USA: THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: Just one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves, 200,000 march in Washington to rally for civil rights. In an orderly gathering at the Lincoln Memorial they hear the 10 top leaders of the movement urge Congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill to end racial inequity. They call for "action now"--the theme of the monstrous rally. None of the disorder that authorities feared developed -it seemed partly like an outing, partly Sunday school picnic, partly political -it was a serious gathering that was tinged with good-humor as if the demonstrators had finally found strength in each other. As a pictorial record of history nothing more compelling has ever been filmed.
1257413 - 444520664 / March on Washington / Washington /
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1964: A bright chapter was in the course of human events, written with the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
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948030382 / Demonstration / Civil Rights Movement / USA / 1963
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325811382 / March on Washington / USA / Aug 28, 1963
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1936: Remember Father Divine Here the cultist is shown leading his angels to a newly purchased heaven.
2075709 - 334118732 / Father Divine / Civil Rights Movement / USA / 1936
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1936: Remember Father Divine Here the cultist is shown leading his angels to a newly purchased heaven.
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901809016 / Civil Rights Movement / Speech / USA / 1963
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FILIBUSTER ENDS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL It's a Day of Decision on Capitol Hill as the U.S. Senate clears the way for the Civil Rights Bill by voting to limit debate on the measure. Democratic whip Hubert Humphrey leads the fight for the Bill; while Senator Richard Russell of Georgia gives his views in opposition.
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Just one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves; 200;000 march in Washington to rally for civil rights. In an orderly gathering at the Lincoln Memorial they hear the 10 top leaders of the movement urge Congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill to end racial inequity. They call for action now--the theme of the monstrous rally. None of the disorder that authorities feared developed -it seemed partly like an outing; partly Sunday school picnic; partly political -it was a serious gathering that was tinged with good-humor as if the demonstrators had finally found strength in each other. As a pictorial record of history nothing more compelling has ever been filmed.
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Tuscaloosa; Alabama: On June 11; 1963; escorted by Federal Marshals; Vivian Malone and James Hood two Negro students were admitted to the University of Alabama. Alabama Governor George Wallace; University of Alabama student and campus; Federal Troops; School integration 1963
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1950 (material from about 1933 - 1946); Nuremberg: Army Television Release Version: Nazi crimes against Jews and other ethnic groups. Czech village Lidice was completely destroyed and all 173 men over 15 years where murdered in revenge for the killing of Reich Protector Richard Heydrich in 1942.
2080413 - 356390143 / War Crime / National Socialism / 1933 - 1946
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421494960 / Martin Luther King / I have a dream / Washington / USA / Aug 28, 1963
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1940; Lodz; Poland: Lodz becomes Litzmannstadt. long pan right of construction site; intriguing shot of people scurrying around on both sides of barrier and on upper level in BG. [Could some of these people be Jews]
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FILIBUSTER ENDS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL It's a Day of Decision on Capitol Hill as the U.S. Senate clears the way for the Civil Rights Bill by voting to limit debate on the measure. Democratic whip Hubert Humphrey leads the fight for the Bill; while Senator Richard Russell of Georgia gives his views in opposition.
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Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
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1964; USA: United States President Lyndon Johnson at the White House Rose Garden in Washington DC. President Johnson: President Lyndon Johnson addresses the Congress. He touches upon the issues of civil rights; unemployment; and problems of the poor. President Johnson announces War on Poverty in America and a 25 percent cut in material for nuclear weapons.
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Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
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346027891 / Martin Luther King / Speech / USA / 1960 - 1969
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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313457305 / Martin Luther King / Aug 28, 1963
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USA; 1970ies: YOUR FBI: FBI in the 1960ies - identifying the gunman who killed Martin Luther King among other actions
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555024778 / Civil Rights Movement / USA / 1965
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895499801 / Civil Rights Movement / USA / 1960 - 1969
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339432578 / Nelson Mandela / South Africa / 1968 - 1999
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