Bibliograph

Civil rights

Type

Label

Civil rights

Language

eng

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other

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

Civil rights

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

765499416

Series statement

American Chronicles

Summary

A compilation of talks on civil rights in American history from National Public Radio, featuring personal recollections along with historical accounts with segments of "All Things Considered, " "Morning Edition, " "Weekend Edition Saturday, " Weekend Edition Sunday, " "Talk of the Nation, " "News & Notes, " and "Tell Me More."

Table Of Contents

Disc one: Introduction by Michele Norris -- Rosa Parks (All Things Considered; Mar. 3, 1992) -- The club from nowhere, cooking for civil rights (Morning Edition; Mar. 4, 2005) -- "The forgotten hero" of the civil rights movement (All Things Considered; Oct. 24, 2010) -- The first civil rights bus boycott (All Things Considered; June 19, 2003) -- Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin (Weekend Edition Sunday, Mar. 15, 2009) -- FOrmer Pullman Porter Subtly Confronted racism (All Things Considered; May 8, 2009) -- "Green book" helped African Americans travel safely (Talk of the Nation; Sept. 15, 2010) -- Jim crow, blacks survived with dignity (All Things Considered; Jan. 15, 1984) -- The power of pictures in the struggle for civil rights (Weekend Edition, Sunday; Aug. 1, 2010) -- Emmett Till and the impact of images (Morning Edition; June 23, 2004)Disc two: Mahalia Jackson, voice of the civil rights movement (All Things Considered; Feb. 8, 2010) -- Wallace in the schoolhouse door (Morning Edition; June 11, 2003) -- Breaking the color barrier (All Things Considered; May 6, 2004) -- Sound vault, the civil rights act (Tell Me More; July 5, 2007) -- Mississippi 1964, civil rights and unrest (All Things Considered; June 16, 2005) -- James Farmer and the freedom summer (Weekend Edition Sunday; June 18, 1989) -- Freedom Riders (Tell Me More; May 4, 2011)Disc three: Rep. John Lewis on prosecuting the past (Weekend Edition Saturday; June 25, 2005) -- The legacy of Megar Evans (All Things Considered; June 10, 2003) -- Julian Bond remembers the SNCC (Talk of the Nation; April 15, 2010) -- Looking back to hear Malcolm X (News & Notes; Feb. 21, 2005) -- Dorothy Height sees dream come true (Tell Me More; Nov. 6, 2008) -- Radio history, March on Washington recalled (All Things Considered; Aug. 28, 2003) -- Remembering King and the 'fierce urgency of now' (Weekend Edition Sunday; Jan. 14, 2010) -- Martin Luther King, 'at Canaan's Edge' (Weekend Edition Sunday; Jan. 15, 2006)

Target audience

general

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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American chronicles, civil rights

Classification