Civil Rights
A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection, currently featuring a selection of our award-winning films from Stanley Nelson (Firelight), documenting pivotal moments in the 20th century civil rights movement— along with articles, digital shorts and original features exploring America’s continued struggle with race, democracy and justice.
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S37 Ep2 | 53m | The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. (53m)
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S37 Ep1 | 1h 52m 47s | The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures, Walter White. (1h 52m 47s)
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S35 Ep7 | 1h 52m 38s | Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest. (1h 52m 38s)
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S35 Ep8 | 1h 47m 20s | The story of a Mississippi town’s effort to integrate its public schools in 1970. (1h 47m 20s)
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S36 Ep5 | 1h 53m 4s | When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate. (1h 53m 4s)
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