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Origins of Black History Month
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A brief look at the History of African Americans and Black History Month.
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Ask Steve: MLK, JR.
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On Ask Steve, the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination was discussed. His connection with the White House was cut off my President Lyndon Johnson because of his lack of support for the Vietnam War. He then went to Memphis.
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Maya Angelou: Rosa Parks 'Born Great'
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Angelou felt that Parks had greatness thrust upon her, achieved greatness, and was also born great. Parks' actions made for "a different world".
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Jesse Jackson: 'Selma the Place to Be'
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Jesse Jackson recalls standing in the rain with Dr. King in Selma, Alabama.
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Harry Belafonte Recalls March on Washington
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The Civil Rights Movement: Harry Belafonte: March on Washington - In this clip Harry Belafonte shares his thoughts about the march on Washington and how Martin Luther King, Jr. was concerned that the success of the march would elude them.
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Separate But Not Equal
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In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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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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Stokely Carmichael
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Stokely Carmichael, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, spoke to a crowd in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1964.
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Ask Steve: The Riots
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In this Ask Steve video clip, the racial riots of the 1960's was discussed. During the civil rights movement there was a lot of progress being made, however much of it was in the South.
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History of Kwanzaa
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Discover the history of the holiday of Kwanzaa, its roots and how it's become the afro-centric holiday for Americans of African descent.
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Jesse Jackson: King's Final Sermon
Jesse Jackson: King's Final SermonAudio Clip (0:48)
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"...and then Dr. King gave this speech. He climaxed talking about how he had been to the mountaintop. What I remember the most about the speech was how ministers, who ordinarily will exclaim joy and support a minister who is speaking. But how ministers cried. It was that kind of speech..."
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Harry Belafonte Rates "I Have a Dream" Speech
Harry Belafonte Rates "I Have a Dream" SpeechAudio Clip (0:27)
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According to Belafonte, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech ranks as one of the most important speeches in American political history.
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Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism
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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.
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Malcolm X Speaks Out on Race
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On March 12, 1964, Malcolm X holds a press conference to explain his position on the struggle for civil rights, particularly his stand on nonviolence.
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A. Philip Randolph on Struggle for Racial Equality
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Born April 15, 1889, A. Philip Randolph was instrumental in leading the civil rights movement in America. In one of many speeches on racial justice, Randolph ponders the question of how to right past wrongs.
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African-Americans Vote in South Carolina
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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.
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In 1957 nine black students enrolled at the formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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March on Washington
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