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After years of struggle and setbacks, advocates for equality celebrate the passage of sweeping legislation that prohibits racial discrimination.

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Videos (10)

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Video Clip (2:57)

    After years of struggle and setbacks, advocates for equality celebrate the passage of sweeping legislation that prohibits racial discrimination.

    Video Clip (2:57)
  • Voting Rights Bill
    Voting Rights Bill

    Video Clip (1:44)

    Newsreel footage of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Bill.

    Video Clip (1:44)
  • Stokely Carmichael
    Stokely Carmichael

    Video Clip (1:14)

    Stokely Carmichael, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, spoke to a crowd in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1964.

    Video Clip (1:14)
  • Freedom March
    Freedom March

    Video Clip (1:38)

    Newsreel footage of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Video Clip (1:38)
  • 1964 Democratic National Convention
    1964 Democratic National Convention

    Video Clip (5:23)

    During the Democratic Convention of 1964 Robert Kennedy addressed a supportive and vocal crowd.

    Video Clip (5:23)
  • King Leads the March on Washington
    King Leads the March on Washington

    Video Clip (3:10)

    On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people gather to support civil rights, and share Dr. King's "dream" of equality.

    Video Clip (3:10)
  • Little Rock Nine
    Little Rock Nine

    Video Clip (2:28)

    Led by civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates, these nine brave Arkansas teenagers broke through racial barriers to become the first black students to attend Little Rock High School.

    Video Clip (2:28)
  • Separate But Not Equal
    Separate But Not Equal

    Video Clip (2:21)

    In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.

    Video Clip (2:21)
  • Blacks in the Military
    Blacks in the Military

    Video Clip (3:12)

    Learn how blacks serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

    Video Clip (3:12)
  • W.E.B. Dubois and the Niagara Movement
    W.E.B. Dubois and the Niagara Movement

    Video Clip (3:44)

    W.E.B. Dubois was integral to the advancement of racial equality.

    Video Clip (3:44)

Photo Galleries (6)

  • Black Women in Politics
    Black Women in Politics

    10 Photos

    View images of famous female African American politicians and activists.

    (10 Photos)
  • Black Women Authors
    Black Women Authors

    11 Photos

    View images of famous female African American authors.

    (11 Photos)
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin Luther King Jr.

    16 Photos

    See pictures from the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    (16 Photos)
  • March on Washington
    March on Washington

    9 Photos

    See pictures from the famous March on Washington.

    (9 Photos)
  • Black Women Athletes
    Black Women Athletes

    16 Photos

    View images of famous female African American athletes.

    (16 Photos)
  • Black Women Musicians
    Black Women Musicians

    20 Photos

    View images of famous female African American singers and musicians.

    (20 Photos)

Speeches & Audio (4)

  • Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism
    Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism

    Audio Clip (0:40)

    Fannie Lou Hamer, who worked as a field organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to expand black voter registration, discusses her awakening to racial injustice.

    Audio Clip (0:40)
  • Johnson on KKK Murder of Civil Rights Worker
    Johnson on KKK Murder of Civil Rights Worker

    Audio Clip (4:28)

    On March 25, 1965, Viola Gregg Liuzzo was murdered in Selma, Alabama. The following day, President Lyndon Johnson announces on national radio and television the capture of her killers.

    Audio Clip (4:28)
  • Lyndon Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Lyndon Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Audio Clip (3:44)

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education, and outlawed segregation in public facilities.

    Audio Clip (3:44)
  • African-Americans Vote in South Carolina
    African-Americans Vote in South Carolina

    Audio Clip (1:28)

    A report from Charleston, South Carolina, describes heavy voter turnout at the state's primary election on August 10, 1948. For the first time since the Reconstruction era, African-Americans were permitted to vote in a Democratic primary, after a federal judge ruled their exclusion unconstitutional.

    Audio Clip (1:28)

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