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Playlist: Civil Rights

Compiled By: Vincent Tardy

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Who Is This Man? A State of the Re:Union Black History Month Special

From Al Letson | Part of the State of the Re:Union series | 00:58:23

Discover the words and wisdom of an unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement who changed the course of American history.

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Special Hour on Gay Rights

From Prime Time Radio | Part of the Prime Time Radio series | 00:59:54

The GLBT civil rights movement…this week on Prime Time Radio.

Toilet Paper Scrap Chronicles Civil Rights Ordeal

From Wisconsin Public Radio | 00:07:23

A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Between Civil War and Civil Rights: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --

From Alan Lipke | Part of the Between Civil War and Civil Rights series | 00:59:27

It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, hundreds of armed white men had burned the nearby village of Rosewood, and forced its black inhabitants to flee for their lives.
Seven decades later, survivors won a claim against the state of Florida. It's the only known case of reparations paid to victims of mass racial violence in U.S. history--and a pivotal event in reclaiming America's hidden history of racial terror.

Voices of Courage in the Civil Rights Movement

From Janis Shields | 00:30:51

Fairness, Justice, the Constitution and its meaning for people of color -- blacks, Asians and Hispanics

Jazz and Civil Rights

From With Good Reason | 00:28:59

Musicians' impact on the Movement.

An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era

From American Public Media | Part of the American RadioWorks: Black History series | 00:59:59

The 1970s saw a tidal change in American race relations: for the first time, large numbers of white, black and other children of color began attending school together. It was an experience that shaped them for life. Using first-person accounts of the era of "forced busing," An Imperfect Revolution explores the ways school desegregation changed the nation.

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