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Virginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era WebsiteVirginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era Website
Publisher
University of Virginia
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Virginia Center for Digital History: Television News of the Civil Rights Era

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A rich collection of streaming video samples of television news footage from 1950 to 1970, along with an assortment of primary source documents, first-person accounts, a glossary of terms, and essays and analysis for learning about the civil rights movement in America. Note: The films appear to be in QuickTime format and may not work for everyone.

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Concepts

desegregation, racism, segregation, voter registration, african american history, plessy v. ferguson

Additional Tags

civil rights in 1950s, civil rights in 1960s, civil rights protests, nonviolent protest, primary source documents and materials, racial equality, racial inequality, racial tension, student protest movements, civil rights act of 1957, civil rights act of 1964, civil rights movement in the united states, naacp, national association for the advancement of colored people, sema, civil rights movement

Classroom Considerations

  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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