African Americans Segregation

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Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years. Awakenings 1954-1956 -- E185.615 .E94 1986 V.1

This first episode of six discusses the history of segregation in the U.S., focusing on the south, and the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision against segregation in Brown vs Board of Education. Highlighted is the Emmett Till murder case and Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.

Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years. Ain't scared of your jails 1960-1961 -- E185.615 .E94 1986 V.3

Focuses on two major events involving students in the civil rights struggle - the lunch counter sit-ins in the south (particularly Nashville, Tennessee) and the Freedom Riders trip from Washington D.C. to Mississippi. Included in the program is the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee and the importance it played in these events.