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Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 247: Civil Rights Activists Part 2: Dorothy Cotton
Today we discuss the life of civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 249: Civil Rights Activists Part 4: Andrew Young
Today we explore the life of civil rights activist Andrew Young.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 252: Civil Rights Activists Part 7: Carolyn Mc Kinstry
Today we discuss civil rights activist Carolyn McKinstry.
CNN
Cnn: Johnson Tapes Offer Glimpse Into Civil Rights History
Read about the 1964 tapes and transcripts that reveal information on the "Abduction and murder of three civil rights activists," a tragedy that led to the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This article discusses tensions concerning...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 246: Civil Rights Activists Part 1: Fred Shuttlesworth
Today we discuss the life of Fred Shuttlesworth, a leading figure of the civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 248: Civil Rights Activists Part 3: John Lewis
On today's episode, we discuss the contributions of Congressman John Lewis to the civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 251: Civil Rights Activists Part 6: Septima Clark
On today's episode, we discuss Septima Clark, known as the "Queen Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement."
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:role of the Church in the Civil Rights Movement Part 1
On today's podcast, we examine the role of the African American church in the years leading up to the civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 250: Civil Rights Activists Part 5: Mabel Staupers
On the podcast today: the life of nursing pioneer Mabel Staupers.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Coretta Scott King Dies at 78
NPR pays a tribute to Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., who was a leader in the movement herself. Pictures, excerpts from speeches and interviews, biographical information, and links to other...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ole Miss, 40 Years Later
Listen to NPR's series on the story of James Meredith's efforts to enter Ole Miss and what the campus is like forty years later.
American Public Media
American Public Media: Radio Fights Jim Crow
A report on early radio programs that were used by the federal government and civil rights activists to ease racial tensions during World War II.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Fresh Air: James Farmer Jr., Freedom Ride Organizer
Read the background of James Farmer, Jr. and his actions during the Freedom Rides throughout the South in the summer of 1961. Listen to the complete interview he had with Terry Gross on National Public Radio's Fresh Air in 1985 that...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Practitioners of Nonviolence: Thoreau, Gandhi and King
Today we learn how some of the most famous practitioners of nonviolence influenced each other.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 237: Six Principles of Nonviolence Principle 6
On the podcast today, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s sixth principle of nonviolence that the universe is on the side of justice.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 244: Children's March
Today, we discuss the Children's March of 1963.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 253: Doug Jones
Today we discuss attorney Doug Jones, who successfully prosecuted two Birmingham bombers.