On the podcast today, we discuss how the civil rights movement changed after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. This episode originally aired in November 2011.

Talks about the beginnings of the civil rights movement after the government did not provide the protection that was promised to African Americans in the Fourteenth Amendment.

Brown v. Board of Education was a turning point in the fight against demonstration, but the struggle against inequality had just begun.

The years 1963-64 were exciting years for the civil rights movement. Find out why on today's episode.

Today we begin our celebration of Black History Month with the first in a series of episodes devoted to the civil rights movement.

On today's podcast, we discuss the effect of the Civil War Amendments on the civil rights movement.

Today we discuss two types of segregation that contributed to racial polarization in the United States.

On today's episode, we discuss how racial segregation and discrimination was deeply entrenched in American life in the 1950s.

Today we discuss how the increase in racially motivated violence in the 1950s prompted federal intervention.

Today we discuss the origins of the American civil rights movement.

On today's episode, we discuss the importance of nonviolence in the civil rights movement.

Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s third principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.

On the podcast today, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s fourth principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence educates and reforms.

Today we discuss the Martin Luther King Jr.'s fifth principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.

Part of our Black History Month series, we explore the beginning of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign of 1963..

As we continue Black History Month series, we learn about the boycotts of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign of 1963.

On today's podcast, we discuss the brutal crackdown by police on civil rights protestors in Birmingham.

As our series on Black History Month continues, we learn how the police crackdown in Birmingham slowly led to a movement toward resolution of the conflict.

We continue our Black History Month series with a discussion of the agreement to desegregate Birmingham.

In another episode of our Black History Month podcasts, we learn about the series of bombings that rocked Birmingham in 1963.

Today we conclude our Black History Month podcast series with an episode on the legacy of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign.

In which John Green teaches you about a time of relative tumult in the United States, the 1960s. America was changing rapidly in the 1960s, and rights movements were at the forefront of those changes. Civil Rights were dominant, but the...

The African-American and Jewish communities struggled together during the Civil Rights movement. Here is an in-depth look at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at the Temple Israel of Hollywood, which provides clips of the speech and...

A short interview with the co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP). Details are given on how the Party was formed and the current status of African-Americans today.