Find these videos and more in our Audiovisual Collection, located on the lower level of Plough Library.
Citizen King: 1963-1968 by (DVD) This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 and comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose oratory is etched into the minds of millions of Americans, a civil rights activist whose words and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history.
Eyes on the Prize by (DVD - 7 Discs) The Emmy Award-winning landmark civil rights series, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, produced by Blackside, tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today.
Little Rock Central 50 Years Later by (DVD) In 1957, Little Rock Central became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. African-American students were not allowed into the building. The film examines the racial equality, education, and class at the high school today.650 E Parkway S, Memphis, TN 38117 · (901) 321-3432