Research Guides: Civil Rights and Social Movements: Audio and Video

Audio and Video

Lest We Forget: New York, Folkways Records, 1980.; Clips of songs, chants, prayers; speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Albernathy; and songs recorded during "The Sing for Freedom Workshop." Recordings from 1963-64. Rutgers-restricted Access

Voices of Civil Rights.: The History Channel, 2005. Rutgers-restricted Access

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement: Seasons 1 (1986) and 2 (1990) of the PBS documentary series. Season 1 Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965, chronicles the time period between the United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965. Series 2 continues with Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985. Rutgers-restricted Access

SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: San Francisco, Calif., California Newsreel, 2011.; Streaming videos of the conference proceedings of veteran and youth activists gathered at Shaw University in North Carolina to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization which formed the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement. 37 videos of presentations, discussions, and concerts. Many of the programs feature SNCC veterans who provide an invaluable oral history of the Movement. Rutgers-restricted Access