Civil Rights Movement in America

I found a few cool videos to act as primary sources about the Civil Rights Movement in America. Segregation was such a horrible but important part of our history in the United States. It was unjust and these people did the best they could to fight against it to create a better country for themselves and future Americans.

This first Video shows perspectives about the Sit-Ins that happened in the South. These are interviews with people involved as well as some footage of the Sit-Ins and protests which took place.

This second video is an interview with Rosa Parks about her arrest nearly 28 years after the incident. She is interviewed on the Merv Griffin show in 1983 and gives her accounts of what had happened.

My third video is a comparison between the perspectives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. It is short snippets from speeches to show the difference in perspectives between the violent protests and non-violent resistance.

My last source is a song "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free" written by Billy Taylor 1964 but was made famous by Nina Simone in 1967.