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From Swastika to Jim Crow
From Swastika to Jim Crow reveals the little-known story of German refugee scholars who were expelled from their homeland by the Nazis and found new lives at the historically Black colleges in the American South.
The Humanities Council funded a…
The Humanities Council funded a…
The Road to Brown
The Road to Brown tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling as the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that launched the Civil Rights movement.
The film highlights each of the major cases argued by notable…
The film highlights each of the major cases argued by notable…
Duke Ellington's Washington
Duke Ellington's Washington tells the story of the influential African American community that flourished in Washington, DC's U Street neighborhood in the early 20th century. This segregated, yet socio-economically diverse community nurtured…
DC Black History Celebration Committee Presents: African American Men Sing Songs of Praise Sunday, February 20, 2000
In celebration of Black History Month, the Greater New Hope Baptist Church invited DC area men's choral and popular music groups to perform songs of praise. This film documents those performances.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle "Remembering Mississippi: The Summer of '64"
James Forman, PhD. and the Cultural Center for Social Change presented this program that dramatized the Mississippi Civil Rights activities of 1964 in performance and song at the Mt. Vernon College Campus in Northwest DC.
Local performers covered…
Local performers covered…
Freedom On My Mind
Freedom On My Mind vividly chronicles this complex and compelling history of the Mississippi voter registration struggles of 1961 to 1964: the interracial nature of the campaign, the tensions and conflicts, the fears and hopes. It is the story of…
Black Georgetown Remembered
Georgetown, in the early 1900's, was an important center of black commerce and community, where doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists lived in close proximity. This documentary film, produced in part by Georgetown University, examines the…
For Love and for Life: 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
For Love and For Life places the 1987 March on Washington in perspective among the major political events of our times. It recounts how the events were organized, and creates all the immediacy of being there. This exciting presentation explores all…
The Selma and Montgomery Civil Rights Battles
This compilation of historic news-reel footage documents the historic marches from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom during which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I have a Dream" speech on…
14th Street Freestyle: 68-2-98
Three highly personal riffs on the events that rocked Washington's 14th Street Corridor in the tumultuous days following the assassination of Martin Luther King. 14th Street Freestyle: 68298 was directed by Aminata Ahmadu, Nkese Essein-Ibok, Kiana…
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle
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In the 1920s, Pullman Railroad was famous for the personal, elegant service delivered by their sleeping car porters. Known for their kindness, dignity, and smiles, the porters worked long hours, earned low wages, and had no job security. Miles of…
Madame Evanti
Lillian Evans Tibbs was born in Washington in 1891, a time when no woman of color sang professionally in the opera, anywhere in the world. This video traces the life of the remarkable woman who reinvented herself as Madame Evanti and broke the color…
Urban Odyssey: Isaac Franck
In the early 1990's the Humanities Council of Washington, DC produced the Urban Odyssey series of documentaries. The installments tell the stories of historic local figures in their own words. In this episode Isaac Franck, a noted Jewish Civil Rights…
Urban Odyssey: Rev. C.C. Hung
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Reverend C. C. Hung was a community activist who labored for nearly fifty years to bring together the city's fragmented Chinese community. His ministry at the Chinese Community Church, beginning in 1935 and continuing into the 1980s, did much to meet…
Behind the Veil
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This is a three part film that touches on subject of the civil war, the civil rights movement, and the steel strikes. The first part refers to Abraham Lincoln's thoughts and involvement in the Civil War.
The second part is documenting African…
The second part is documenting African…
Urban Odyssey: Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nannie H. Burroughs was a prominent African American civil rights activist and a continuing champion for women's rights. Burroughs's long career focused on improving educational opportunities for African-American women, an essential tool for…
Freedom Rides - A Documentary
At a two-day forum at the Thurgood Marshall Center, Joan Browning, a Freedom Rider who grew up in Georgia, 64, and Reginald Green, who was preparing for the ministry at Virginia Union before he joined the Freedom Riders, 68, gathered with two other…
Emancipation Day 2008: Hip Hop and Civil Rights Generations Working towards an understanding
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Panelist Bomani Armah, Harold Jones, Kwame Brown, Professor Griff, and Sheryl Denbo spread the word on hip hop and how it relates and differs to the Civil Rights Movement. They speak of how the generations from the Civil Rights Movement affected the…
Harold Greene Documentary by 18th Street Media
Judge Harold Greene presided over the landmark legislative decision that fragmented AT&T's vertical monopoly in the 1980s, but he was also a strong advocate for civil rights throughout his career. This documentary examines Judge Greene's life and…
Color Portrait of Flaxie Pinkett
This is a color image of noted Washington, DC businesswoman and civil rights activist late in her career.
Greyhound Building and Freedom Riders Documentary (Expanded from 2009)
This documentary from filmmaker Steven Nero reveals the importance of DC's Greyhound Bus Station as an important part of Civil Rights history. It was from this station that the Freedom Rides began; testing the governments will and ability to uphold…
Under the Radar: The New School of Afro-American Thought
This documentary explores the founding and the impact of the New School for Afro-American Thought founded by Gaston Neal and Don Freeman. The school, founded in Washington, DC, sought to teach black youth about their pre-slavery roots in African…
Rev. Benjamin Chavis Speaks at All Souls
Reverend Benjamin Chavis of the Wilmington Ten speaks in the All Souls pulpit before serving a prison term in North Carolina. Angela Davis is behind him.
Bobby Seale Speaks to a Packed Sanctuary
Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party founder and Chicago 7 defendant, speaks to a packed sanctuary.
Rev. Ben Chavis at All Souls Church
Reverend Benjamin Chavis of the Wilmington Ten in the pulpit at All Souls Church Unitarian.