Videos

Professor and Author Julian Bond talked with high school students about his experiences during the civil rights movement, including his founding of the Atlanta, Georgia, student sit-in movem…

Melba Beals, among the first African-Americans to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, shared her experiences during a program with students. She stated that hatred toward ot…

Author Joe Caldwell talked about his research on African-Americans in the south and specifically northeastern Louisiana. Author Thomas Dent talked about his experiences during a personal tou…

Professor Ethelbert Miller of Howard University spoke about the impact of the works of James Baldwin on the Civil Rights Movement.

Morris Dees, Executive Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, talked about his experiences during the civil rights movement and the purpose of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He found…

Dan Williams of Tuskegee University talked about the history of Tuskegee University.

Ernest Gaines spoke about his fiction book, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. He also spoke about the role of fiction writing in social change.

As part of the Magic Bus Civil Rights Tour, this stop at the site of the Piney Woods School allowed Mr. Beady to talk about cultural diversity as a byproduct of the civil rights era. He spok…

Hosea Williams talked about his experiences during the civil rights movement. He was a field director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and went to jail over a hundred times d…

Author and Civil Rights Activist Mary King talked about her involvement in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and its relevance today.

Civil Rights Activist Reverend Billy Kyles addressed a group of students at the National Civil Rights Museum. He spoke about the civil rights movement, the integration of public schools, and…

Reverend Harry Blake, who was a field secretary in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and two other activists spoke about the civil rights movement in Shreveport. Douglas Brinkley…

Cjandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun talked about life on Louisiana sugar plantations at the St. John plantation. They also showed photographs concerning the history of the sugar industry in …

New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial (D) talked about the importance of learning history through experiencing and seeing famous places as a supplement to reading about history. Mayor Morial is the …

Professor Douglass Brinkley talked about the Majic Bus Civil Rights Tour in the South. This tour included 18 high school students from six schools in New Orleans.