Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968
The killing of four white students at Kent State University in 1970 left an indelible stain on the national consciousness, but most Americans know nothing of the three black students killed at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg two years ear...
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 4 - SNCC Builds an Organization
About this title: This session presents a behind-the-scenes look at the people and elements that kept SNCC running as an organization. The panelists, former SNCC staffers (many of whom also worked “in the field” as well), represent some of the g...
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 19 - Depictions of the Movement in Popular Culture
About this title: Over the years, the popular media has had a troubled relationship with organizations like SNCC. Hollywood film director Phil Alden Robinson maintains that a big challenge to producing freedom movement films for theatrical distribut...
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 1 - Opening Plenary
About this title: SNCC Advisor, Timothy Jenkins opens the conference explaining that this is not simply a gathering of reminiscence, but a coming together to provide "missing chapters in history" to a new generation of freedom fighters. Following Je...
Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights
Where do black women activists fit into the epochal struggles for equality and liberation during the 1960s and 70s? This feature-length documentary unearths the story of black women’s political marginalization—between the male-dominated Black Po...