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APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA - 1957
South Africa's Apartheid Policy in regards to race relations, political practices and segregation.
(public domain films) 1957 34 min BW |
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| keywords: south africa, apartheid policy, race relations, segregation |
BALTIMORE PLAN 1953
ATTACKING HOUSING CONDITIONS
Documents how a young social worker aroused interest of citizens, government officials, and local newspaper in housing conditions in a Baltimore slum neighborhood.
(public domain films) 1953 BW 20 min |
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| keywords: baltimore maryland, social worker, baltimore slums, dilapidated housing, housing project |
BALTIMORE RIOTS 1968
As the news of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. spreads like wildfire, riots and protests break out in over 125 U.S. cities.
(public domain films) 1968 28 min COL |
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| keywords: murder, martin luther king jr., baltimore, riots, rioters, protest, protesters, looting, looters, arson, vandalism |
BLACK CONTRIBUTION - ORIGINS
Using staged scenes to depict the history of the Yoruba people of West Africa as they are enslaved and bound for Colonial America with scenes of Yoruba culture while in West Africa, enslaved blacks in leg irons and chains, the horrific conditions inside a slave ship and more.
(public domain films) Colonial Times COL 15min |
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| keywords: naacp, slavery, enslavement, black experience, black contribution, benjamin hooks, george stanford brown |
BLACK CONTRIBUTION
LITERATURE AND THEATER
The contribution of African-Americans in literature, theater and the arts with scenes of Margaret Walker poem For My People, urban street scenes of the Black community, short scenes from the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raison In The Sun and more.
(public domain films) COL 11 min |
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| keywords: black experience, black contribution, black literature, black theater, benjamin hooks, roscoe lee brown |
BLACK PANTHER PARTY, THE - 1966 - 1969
Huey P. Newton speaking from jail, members marching in protest, Black Panther Party Leaders Huey P. Newton, Elderidge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale speaking out on justice for African Americans.
(public domain films) 1966 - 1969 15 min BW |
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| keywords: black panther party, huey p. newton, elderidge cleaver, bobby seale, social and economic injustice |
CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH - SELMA, ALABAMA 1965
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., leads Civil Rights marchers on a journey to reach Montgomery, the Capitol of Alabama.
(public domain films) 1965 5 min BW |
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| keywords: reverend martin luther king jr., civil rights, selma march, president lyndon b. johnson, govenor george c. wallace |
MARCH, THE
The rally in Washington D.C. called out for comprehensive Civil Rights of African-Americans with the passage of Civil Rights legislation, elimination of racial segregation in public schools, protection from police brutality, prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring and jobs programs.
(public domain films) 1963 BW 32min |
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| keywords: civil rights march, human rights, racial discrimination, washington d.c. |
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
With the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's having transformed the political climate a march to Washington D.C. and rally was organized where more than 200,000 Americans joined to hear speeches, songs and prayers led by an array of Civil Rights Leaders, celebrities and clergymen.
(public domain films) 1963 BW 20min |
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| keywords: civil rights march, human rights, racial discrimination, washington d.c. |
NEWSREELS: 1963 - AUGUST 29
- Civil Rights March In Washington D.C.
(public domain stock footage) 1963 BW 6 min |
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| keywords: civil rights march, washington d.c., march on washington, martin luther king |
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
CIVIL RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., prior to the march on Washington D.C., participates in a roundtable discussion of rights as they pertain to the government down to individual civil rights.
(public domain films) 29 min BW |
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| keywords: reverend martin luther king jr., civil rights, discrimination, desegregation, non-violent resistance |
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. accepts one of the numerous honorary degrees he received over the course of his life.
(public domain films) 5 min BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: reverend martin luther king jr., honorary college degree |
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 1964
Major events in the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leading up to Dr. King being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
(public domain films) 1964 BW 12min |
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| keywords: social unrest and protest, reverend martin luther king, civil rights movement |
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
FUNERAL
Outside scenes of the funeral for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, April 9, 1968.
(public domain films) 1968 2 min BW |
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| keywords: reverend martin luther, ebenezer baptist church, former first lady jacqueline kennedy, senator ted kennedy |
BONUS ARMY PROTESTS
RIOTS IN WASHINGTON D.C. 1932
15,000 WWI veterans march on Washington D.C. and set up several camps where they demanded the bonus money they were promised for fighting in WWI where they were forcibly removed by the Army on orders of President Herbert Hoover and their make-shift houses torched.
(public domain films) 1932 BW 5min |
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| keywords: social unrest and protests, bonus army protest march on washington, wwi veterans |
CHICAGO RIOTS 1968
Aftermath of riots that broke out in Chicago upon hearing of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luthor King, Jr.
(public domain films) 1968 22 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: murder, martin luther king jr., chicago, riots, rioters, protest, protesters, looting, looters, arson, vandalism |
DETROIT RIOTS, 1967
The aftermath of the Detroit Riot in 1967 when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after-hours drinking club.
(public domain films) 1967 39 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: united states, michigan, detroit, riot, demonstrations, protests, arson, looting, police, arrests, national guard |
DETROIT RIOTS, 1967 - 82nd AIRBORNE
Aftermath of the Detroit Riots also know as the 12th Street Riot after police attempted to execute a raid on an unlicensed after-hours drinking club in a predominately black neighborhood.
(public domain films) 1967 COL 22min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: detroit riots 1967, social unrest and protest, riot control, 82nd airborne |
GANDHI AND INDIA
Mahatma Gandhi appears in public with his followers who clash with British and Indian police in protest to British rule.
(public domain films) 1930's 7 min BW (SILENT/SOUND) |
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| keywords: mahatma gandhi, india, riot, demonstrations, demonstrating, protests, protesting, british rule |
GANDHI AND INDIA - HD CLIP
Unedited footage of a Hindu festival procession, clash with colonial police against British rule and various scenes of Mahatma Gandhi.
(public domain films) 1930's BW 5min (SILENT/SOUND) |
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| keywords: india, hindu festival procession, protest against british rule, mahatma gandhi |
HUNGARIAN REVOLT - 1956
Hungarians revolt against the policies of the Soviet imposed Communist Government causing a military crackdown.
(public domain films) 1956 7 min BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: eastern europe, hungary, budepest, communist state, soviet satellite country, revolt, revolution, anti-communist |
KKK MARCH 1977 - MOBILE, ALABAMA
The Ku Klux Klan evoke their constitutional rights to march in the town of Mobile, AL which inevitably sparks a violent backlash.
(public domain films) 1977 13 min COL |
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| keywords: alabama, mobile, kkk, ku klux klan, demonstrations, demonstrating, protests, protesting, racism, racist |
LINCOLN PARK DEMONSTRATIONS
Anti-War protest in and around Lincoln Park during the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention with crowds of hippie demonstrations culminating into friction and clashes between war protestors, Chicago police and National Guard.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 23min |
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| keywords: vietnam war, anti-war demonstrators, hippies, peaceniks, lincoln park chicago |
MAN ON THE MOVE
RACE RELATIONS IN BLACK AMERICA
Race relations and the influence of the Civil Rights Movement in black America through lifestyle, the Arts and economic realities.
(public domain films) 1960's - 1970's |
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| keywords: civil rights movement, race relations, black power movement, black is beautiful, artist faith ringgoldy |
MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE 1937
REPUBLIC STEEL UNION STRIKE
During the 1937 Republic Steel Strike, Chicago Police fire into the crowd of Union demonstrators killing 10 and injuring 30 as they were advancing towards the Republic Steel Mill.
(public domain films) 1937 BW 10min |
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| keywords: social unrest and protest, republic steel union strike, chicago police killing, steel worker's organizing committee |
MEXICAN REVOLUTION - PANCHO VILLA
Revolution in Mexico with scenes of leaders from Mexico and U.S. as well as Pancho Villa and his guerilla militia..
(public domain films) 1916-1917 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: mexican revolution, general alvaro obregon, general venustiano carranza, pancho villa |
MORATORIUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Demonstration in Washington D.C. against the war in Vietnam.
Coretta Scott King, George McGovern, Peter Paul and Mary.
(public domain films) Mid 1960's 15 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: washington d.c., anti-war demonstrations, protests, protesting, coretta scott king, george mcgovern |
PEOPLE AND THE POLICE
POLICE BRUTALITY - OAKLAND, CA
Narrator talks about how town was over half black in the 1960's and the police force was all white. How blacks were generally treated with disrespect.
(public domain films) 1974 COL 25 min |
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| keywords: oakland police, oakland california, police brutality, police community relations, black panther march, traffic stop |
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
SCHOOL INTEGRATION CRISIS
resident Dwight D. Eisenhower in his address to the Nation on racial integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.
(public domain films) 1957 BW 12min |
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| keywords: social unrest and protest, little rock arkansas, racial integration, president dwight d. eisenhower, executive order |
RACIAL INTEGRATION - UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Escorted by Federal Marshals Vivian Malone and James Hood become the first black students to attend the University of Alabama in a win for Civil Rights and Human Rights against institutional racism in the South.
(public domain films) 1963 COL 4min |
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| keywords: civil rights, student vivian malone, student james hood, governor george wallace, university of alabama |
SCENES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Unedited footage of the Russian Revolution and civil unrest that ended the rule of of the last Russian Czar which was overthrown by the more radical Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin and ultimately the formation of the Soviet Socialist Republics USSR.
(public domain films) 1916-1925 BW 9min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: russian revolution, bolshevik revolution, communist revolution, soviet socialist republics, ussr |
VIETNAM MORATORIUM MARCH 1969
Anti-war protest and demonstration under the shadow of the Washington Monument with civilian demonstrators as well as a contingent of war vets marching against the war as well.
(public domain films) 1969 20 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: washington d.c., washington monument, anti-war protest, demonstrators, protesting, protestors |
WASHINGTON D.C. RIOTS IN HD
Unedited footage of civil unrest and looting that erupted in Washington D.C. after the news that Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 18min |
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| keywords: washington d.c., rev. martin luther king, social unrest and protest, civil unrest, riots, looting |
WASHINGTON D.C. RIOTS 1968
Riots and protests break out in our Nations' capitol as the news of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. is reported to the Nation.
(public domain films) 1968 13 min COL |
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| keywords: murder, martin luther king jr., washington dc, riots, rioters, protest, protesters, looting, looters, arson, vandalism |
WOMEN & THE SPIRIT OF '76 - WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Commentators and leaders of the 1970's Women's Rights Movement comment and make connections between the 200 years of progress attained in 1976 to the leadership and reality of Women's Rights in 1776.
(public domain films) 1976 COL 32min |
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| keywords: women's rights movement, betty friedan, dr. rita hauser, governor ella grasso, abigail adams, phyllis wheatley |
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN
The Women’s Suffrage Movement in America (United States) and England (Britain) during the mid-19th century to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
(public domain films) 1900's BW 25min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: women's suffrage movement, women's rights, right to vote |
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE U.S.
AN INFORMAL HISTORY
The Feminist Movement in the United States put into historical perspective, from its roots in the colonial period to the late 1970's.
(public domain films) 1978 28 min BW COL |
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| keywords: women's suffrage, women's rights, feminism, feminist demonstration, feminist march, political activists |
FIVE CITIES IN JUNE - 1963
Five cities, five historical events; Vatican City - Death Of Pope John XXIII, Unknow Soviet City - Valentina Tershkova First Woman Cosmonaut, Bin Thuy - Village Destroyed By Communists, Tuscaloosa - First Black Students Attend University Of Alabama, Berlin - John F. Kennedy give 'Let Them Come To Berlin' Speech.
(public domain films) 1963 27 min COL |
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| keywords: vatican city italy, bin thuy south vietnam, tuscaloosa alabama, berlin west germany |
| Social Unrest And Protest - Historical Public Domain Stock Photography |
BUYOUT PHOTOS - SIGNS OF DISCRIMINATION
Documenting institutional racism with discrimination signs and billboards separating the races by law.
(public domain films) 1930s - 1940s 15 high resolution photos |
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| keywords: racism, discrimation, separate but equal, signs, billboards |
