Ranked #1
1,500 Black college students challenged police in 1961. The Supreme Court took their side.
1,500 Black college students challenged police in 1961. The Supreme Court took their side.
In 1961, Black college students fought segregation. Four years later, their Supreme Court case secured First Amendment r... Read more
7 Dec 2021
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17mins
Ranked #2
Joyce Barrett led a sit-in at age 22, helping to enact a ban on racial discrimination in Maryland
Joyce Barrett led a sit-in at age 22, helping to enact a ban on racial discrimination in Maryland
On Nov. 11, 1961, hundreds of Black and white college students from across the Northeast flocked to Baltimore and Annapo... Read more
30 Nov 2021
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13mins
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More than 100 high school students walk out in protest of Brenda Travis' expulsion for activism
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Brenda Travis was expelled from high school after serving time in jail for her bus station demonstration. Her Mississipp... Read more
23 Nov 2021
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17mins
Ranked #4
After Freedom Riders barely escaped death, new activists poured into the South for months
After Freedom Riders barely escaped death, new activists poured into the South for months
In 1961, Hank Thomas barely escaped death attempting to integrate interstate travel accommodations. The struggle galvani... Read more
16 Nov 2021
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18mins
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How nine college students challenged segregation at a public library
How nine college students challenged segregation at a public library
On March 27, 1961, nine students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi risked violence, incarceration and their ... Read more
9 Nov 2021
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At age 15, Kenneth Dious was ready to fight for the Black students integrating UGA
At age 15, Kenneth Dious was ready to fight for the Black students integrating UGA
Kenneth Dious shares his story of the night he stood guard for a Black student who had just attended her first day of cl... Read more
2 Nov 2021
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15mins
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They wanted to integrate their South Carolina town in 1961. The college students were sentenced to a chain gang.
They wanted to integrate their South Carolina town in 1961. The college students were sentenced to a chain gang.
David Williamson Jr. sat in the same seat where he was arrested sixty years ago, to tell us his experience of the day he... Read more
2 Nov 2021
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14mins
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Trailer: Seven Days of 1961
Trailer: Seven Days of 1961
The civil rights movement was nothing if not a violent struggle. People who fought for racial justice in 1961 take us ba... Read more
15 Oct 2021
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