A Time for Justice: America's Civil Rights Movement
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim captures the spirit of the civil rights movement through historical footage and the voices of those who participated in the struggle. Students are able to witness firsthand the movement’s most dramatic moments-the bus boycott in Montgomery, the school crisis in Little Rock, the violence in Birmingham and the triumphant 1965 march for voting rights. Use of racial epitaphs and some violence.
Media Details
Runtime: 38 minutes 53 seconds
- Topic: History, Social Science
- Subtopic: African-Americans, Civil Rights, Documentaries, Social Issues, U.S. History - 1946-1999
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
- Standards:
- Release Year: 2011
- Producer/Distributor: Southern Poverty Law Center
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This feature is helpful for ALL my students with diverse abilities.
Worth watching it. Suitable for the history class.
This is a must watch video for learning about the early Civil Rights Movement.
Awesome job of subtitles which aid in student understanding.