This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Malcolm X and his rejection of Martin Luther King's commitment to nonviolence. He believed African Americans had to separate themselves from white society to gain civil rights.
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NBC's Lester Holt discusses the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education on Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students to attend the all-white school.
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Ernest Green was the first black student to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, AR. In this NBC News segment, Green looks back at the first days of desegregation and his experiences going to Central High.
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NBC's Katie Couric talks with the original Little Rock Nine. In 1957, nine African-American students entered Central High School in Little Rock, AR, hoping to end segregation.
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NBC's Lester Holt revisits the story of Rosa Parks who was prepared to go to jail and fight for her rights when she was denied a seat on the bus. Within days of her arrest Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called on black citizens to boycott public buses until demands for equal treatment were met.
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This forum discussion focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. This second session features Marian Wright Edelman, founder and chairman of the Children's Defense Fund and an organizer of Dr. King's Poor People's March; Peter Edelman, aide to Robert F. Kennedy; and Elaine Jones, former President of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They examine the period between 19631968 and the continuing relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy concerning civil rights and their growing opposition to the Vietnam War. This forum follows the forum "JFK, MLK and RFK, Part One: 19601968."
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This forum discussion focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. It features Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to President Kennedy; Harris Wofford, President Kennedy's chairman for the Subcabinet Group of Civil Rights; Taylor Branch, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Pillar of Fire; and Robert Moses, pivotal organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and director of its Mississippi project in the early 1960s. This session takes an in-depth look at the years 19601963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. engaged President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the battle to extend civil rights to all.
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Professor Gerald L. Early discusses cultural observations on Jackie Robinson, a staunch civil rights activist, successful businessman, and the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball. Early focuses on the significance of sports as a public arena and form of performance and on African-American perception of baseball.
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Historian Eric Foner talks about the social, political, and spiritual relevance of independent black churches created after the Civil War.
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The Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education proves to be a watershed moment in the Civil Rights movement. The Court rules that segregation is unconstitutional.
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