Civil Rights, USA | Witness

Civil Rights, USA | Witness

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'58''

The programme uses footage from the BBC archives to explore the USA Civil Rights issues of the 1950s and 60s. Includes interviews with Malcolm X ...

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC One | 2020 | 28'51''

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie ...

05: The Walls of Jericho | Promised Land

05: The Walls of Jericho | Promised Land

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'13''

The exodus from Mississippi to Chicago has resulted in a sizeable and prosperous black middle class living in the Windy City. Howeve...

04: More Angry Than Afraid | Promised Land

04: More Angry Than Afraid | Promised Land

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'10''

The story of four of the most tumultuous years in Chicago's racial history, from 1965 to 1968. Martin Luther Kingcame to Chicago a...

03: We Stand at the Crossroads | Promised Land

03: We Stand at the Crossroads | Promised Land

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 1996 | 48'54''

This third programme tells the story of black Chicago between the end of the war and the early sixties. With thousands of migr...

02: Sweet Home Chicago | Promised Land

02: Sweet Home Chicago | Promised Land

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'01''

This second programme examines the magnetic pull of Chicago and the North. Migrants' letters home promised a better life of freedom an...

01: Any Place But Here | Promised Land

01: Any Place But Here | Promised Land

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 1996 | 48'55''

The first part begins the story of the greatest peacetime migration in history when, between 1940 and 1970, five million African-Ameri...

Alvin Ailey: A Legend of American Dance

Alvin Ailey: A Legend of American Dance

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Four | 2022 | 1'29'50''

The story of Alvin Ailey, a visionary African American choreographer who found salvation through dance, told through his own words an...

Lionel Richie | Who Do You Think You Are? USA

Lionel Richie | Who Do You Think You Are? USA

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC One | 2012 | 43'08''

Series in which American celebrities trace their ancestry. Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie tries to find out more about his gre...

Experience of living with Jim Crow | Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

Experience of living with Jim Crow | Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Four | 2014 | 1'42''

Rick heres how some of his Blues heroes grew up under the Jim Crow laws and how they defined the genre itself.

09: Reagan | Mrs. America

09: Reagan | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 50'26''

In presidential election year 1979, Congress grants a three-year extension on the deadline for ratification of the ERA. Phyllis presides over a pol...

08: Houston | Mrs. America

08: Houston | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 47'43''

Exhausted from a long drive from Illinois, Alice and Pamela arrive in Houston for the National Women’s Conference to find their hotel has massivel...

07: Bella | Mrs. America

07: Bella | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 50'05''

In 1977, 35 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. Bella Abzug is appointed to head the revived Women's Commission and has to organise the...

06: Jill | Mrs. America

06: Jill | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 46'11''

In February 1975, Jill Ruckelshaus is appointed chairwoman of a national commission to honour women and urge ratification of the Equal Rights Amendme...

05: Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc | Mrs. America

05: Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 51'25''

With 33 of the necessary 38 states of the Union ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, Phyllis Schlafly’s cam...

04: Betty | Mrs. America

04: Betty | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 47'14''

The Supreme Court makes an historic judgement legalising abortion in the United States, and the Women's Caucus agrees not to confront Phyllis Schlaf...

03: Shirley | Mrs. America

03: Shirley | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 41'25''

As Phyllis’s campaign to stop the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment gathers support and momentum, its proponents prepare for the Democrat...

02: Gloria | Mrs. America

02: Gloria | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 46'12''

Gloria Steinem launches the feminist magazine MS in New York.

01: Phyllis | Mrs. America

01: Phyllis | Mrs. America

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2020 | 43'24''

Phyllis is made aware of the potential drafting of young women to fight in Vietnam.

Billie Jean King | Icons

Billie Jean King | Icons

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'19''

Billie Jean King is tennis' greatest talents, and also a tireless campaigner for equality. She fought for prize-money parity, was instrumental in th...

Muhammad Ali | Icons

Muhammad Ali | Icons

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'54''

Muhammad Ali's talent and charisma secured the love of his fans, but his attitudes towards race, religion and America's role in the Vietnam War all chal...

Martin Luther King Jr | Icons

Martin Luther King Jr | Icons

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'52''

Martin Luther King Jr was arguably the most influential figure of the civil rights movement, King masterminded a campaign which fought not only...

Billie Holiday | Icons

Billie Holiday | Icons

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'45''

Raised in abject poverty, Holiday's unique singing technique saw her become one of the world's great recording artists before she chose to shine a lig...

Green Book (2018)

Green Book (2018)

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2021 | 1'59'41''

New York, 1962: Italian-American nightclub bouncer Tony Lip gets taken on as a driver for acclaimed African American pianist Donald Shirley on a tour of th...

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

Citizenship | BBC Three | 2015 | 57'30''

Documentary investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Film-maker Dan Murdoch witnesses first-hand their secretive rituals and hears why their member...

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC One | 2018 | 49'25''

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wo...

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2008 | 59'19''

Since his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King has become known as a champion of freedom. Oona King goes on a journey through the D...

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, speaking to the people who organis...

Living in the USA | Face to Face

Living in the USA | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'38''

Martin Luther King explains why he doesn't move to a less discriminatory country and why it is important that he fights for equality in the US.

Non-violent success | Face to Face

Non-violent success | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'29''

Martin Luther King speaks to the success of non-violent protest.

Non-violence | Face to Face

Non-violence | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'21''

Martin Luther King talks about the importance of non-violent protest in the civil rights movement.

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 2'11''

Martin Luther King reflects on the difficult times he faced being a leader and symbol of the civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 3'09''

Martin Luther King tells the story of Rosa Parks, the ''Bus Boycott'' and how this lead to his rise a civil rights leader.

Token integration | Face to Face

Token integration | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 3'26''

Martin Luther King reflects on the lawful change he has witnessed with regard to integration.

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 4'21''

Martin Luther King speaks of his experiences of segregation and violence as a child.

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 2'32''

Martin Luther King recalls his first instance of being discriminated for his race at the age of six.
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