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Ages: 8 - 16
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Harry Belafonte gives his view, as part of a civil rights roundtable discussion. August 1963
July 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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This video is accompanied by text. "While campaigning for the White House in 1960, John F. Kennedy made the pledge that civil rights would take center stage during his presidency. Kennedy guaranteed that discriminatory practices in housing would be d...one away with at the start of his term "with a stroke of a pen." Once in office, the results of his pledge were much less dramatic. In fact, the process took nearly two years to complete; all the while civil rights groups were sending pens to the White House to protest Kennedy's inaction..." ( Video is well done and professionally produced.)
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January 4, 2010 at 09:49 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Directed by James Blue. George Stevens Jr., who headed the United States Information Agency (USIA) Motion Picture Service unit from 1962 to 1967, brought in young, talented documentary filmmakers such as Charles Guggenheim, Carroll Ballard, Kent McKe...nzie, Leo Seltzer, Terry Sanders, Bruce Herschensohn, and James Blue, who directed "The March." This period ushered in the "Golden Era" of USIA films. (10:52)
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September 26, 2012 at 08:28 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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On August 28, 1963, photographer Rowland Scherman, working for the United States Information Agency (USIA), took a photograph which has become an iconic image of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This Inside the Vaults video short follows... the subject of the photograph: Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit, Michigan, who celebrated her 12th birthday by attending the March on Washington with her mother. In the photograph, which is among the holdings of the National Archives, she carries a March on Washington banner and concentrates intently on the scene before her. (03:05)
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September 26, 2012 at 07:55 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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This shortened version of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech includes some of the most famous lines and quotations towards the end of the speech. Some students will need explanation of the event and circumstances surrounding this speech. (05:18)
June 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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See an original news report of the March on Washington. Over a quarter of a million people participated in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, and heard Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech. NOTE: Some students may n...eed to be explained the use of the term "Negro" during this time period. (05:44)
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June 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM
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Ages: 8 - 18
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Examining the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington from the ground-level and focusing on the idealistic passion, joy and synergy of the crowds, James Blue's documentary lets us see the event take shape from the planning stage -- with sound checks an...d worries about whether people will attend -- to the arrival of enormous crowds on parades of trains and buses. It culminates in Martin Luther King's electrifying "I Have a Dream" speech. (12:08)
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September 26, 2012 at 08:00 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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August, 28 1963 - Citizens from across the country met on the mall in Washington, D.C. to protest against civil rights discrimination. It was here that Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. (20min)
November 11, 2011 at 10:39 PM
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