Framing the Movement:
Additional Resources
Film
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders
One of the best films on the Civil Rights Movement, this award-winning documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it — and emerged as its grassroots leaders.
Film
Eyes on the Prize
Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, the series covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985.
Film
The Murder of Emmett Till
Documentary on the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the actions of Mamie Till Bradley which helped launch the modern Civil Rights Movement.
VIDEO
Preserving and Teaching Black History
Interview of Timothy Jenkins by Rock Newman
During this powerful interview, Timothy Jenkins talks about the history of Howard University, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), pan-Africanism, liberatory education, the Association for the Study of African American Life and Culture (ASALH), Black history as American history, Stokely Carmichael, lessons from the barbershop, revolutionary nonviolence, and much more.
ARCHIVE
Civil Rights Movement Archive
Formerly Civil Rights Movement Veterans. This website was created by veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement (1951-1968) to freely make available the history of the movement from the perspective of those whose boots were on the ground — what they refer to as "up-from-below" and "inside-out" history.