Covering the Civil Rights Movement
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: This Just In!
Length: 53:32
Host Sam Litzinger joins Newseum producer and moderator Frank Bond in the museum's Civil Rights gallery to discuss how the powers of the people and the press propelled the messages of the civil rights movement from a few brave souls into the American conscience.
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Piece Description
Host Sam Litzinger joins Newseum producer and moderator Frank Bond in the museum's Civil Rights gallery to discuss how the powers of the people and the press propelled the messages of the civil rights movement from a few brave souls into the American conscience.
Broadcast History
Sirius XM Satellite Radio,
Federal News Radio, Washington, D.C.
Additional Credits
Heather Date, Associate Producer
Meaghan Calnan, Associate Producer
Lindsay Underwood, Production Assistant
Konrad Kopcynski, Production Assistant
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