Restless Society: Battle for Racial Equality
During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy promises to end segregation with stroke of a pen. His inaction once he is elected fuels the disillusionment of African Americans. Their attempt to desegregate Birmingham turns out masses of prot...
Civil Rights Movement, The: Beginnings
Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about the seeds of the civil rights movement in the years following World War II. Professor Gerstle explains that the move towards racial equality in America was motivated to some extent by the Cold War and th...
Restless Society: Battle for Voting Rights, The
During the summer of 1964, almost 100 years after ratification of 15th amendment, thousands of civil rights workers spread throughout the South to work on behalf of black voter registration. Martin Luther King leads a group of demonstrators from Sel...