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 | Unita Blackwell Recalls the Civil Rights Movement | Civil rights activist Unita Blackwell describes her experiences with racism and the questions of faith they raised in her. In the civil rights movement she realized that God did not make one group of people servants to another, people did. | 12 weeks 12 hours ago |
 | Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth Recounts the Bombing of His Parsonage in 1956 | Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth is the founder and leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. The organization was formed in 1956 after the Alabama attoney general shut down the NAACP in Alabama. On Christmas Eve, 1956 the Klan detonated a bomb outside Rev. Shuttlesworth's parsonage, intending to rid themselves of the leader who was surely a thorn in their side. They left him untouched and unshaken in his determination to ride Birmingham’s buses the next day. Rev. Shuttlesworth recounts his response to the bombing of his parsonage in 1956. “I’ve learned how to deal with my enemy. Love ‘em, keep them on their toes, keep God in front, and move on!” Rev. Shuttlesworth speaks about the civil rights movement's commitment to non-violence. | 12 weeks 6 days ago |
 | Reverend Lamar Weaver Discusses Bull Connors | Rev. Weaver speaks about visiting segregationist Bull Connors' grave and the healing process. | 12 weeks 6 days ago |
 | Lynda Lowery Describes "Bloody Sunday" | Lynda Lowery turned fifteen years old during the Selma to Montgomery march. She was arrested fifteen times over the years in which she participated in the civil rights movement. Lynda describes "Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that carried her through to the final march two weeks later. | 15 weeks 2 days ago |
 | Frank McRae Recalls Marching in the Civil Rights Movement | Minister Frank McRae recalls marching in the civil rights movement, and coming to understand the significance of a black marcher's sign declaring "I am a man." | 17 weeks 3 days ago |
 | Bea Gotthelf, Civil Rights Activist, Recalls the Civil Rights Movement | Bea Gotthelf, who was active in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, recalls an incident that illustrates how scary the times were. | 18 weeks 1 day ago |
 | Congressman John Lewis Talks about Bringing the Country Together (and his Aunt's Shotgun House) | Congressman John Lewis tells the story of his aunt's "shotgun house," drawing a parallel between his family's efforts to keep the house grounded during a storm and the efforts of American citizens to bring the country together. | 21 weeks 15 hours ago |
 | Congressman John Lewis on the Civil Rights Movement | Forty years ago Congressman John Lewis could never have imagined that he could become a member of the House of Representatives. He speaks of the lessons of the civil rights movement: how Americans must come together "to create one house, one family" because "history teaches us we are all in the same boat." | 21 weeks 15 hours ago |
 | Congressman John Lewis Describes Sit-Ins | Congressman John Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, recalls the purpose of sit-ins: "By sitting in, or sitting down, in the 1960s as students, we were really standing up for the very best in the American tradition." He recalls the activists' philosophy of nonviolence in the face of attacks they endured. | 21 weeks 16 hours ago |
 | Congressman John Lewis Speaks about Nonviolence | Congressman John Lewis recalls how he and other young people studied Thoreau, Gandhi, and King to learn about nonviolence and accept it as a way of life. According to Lewis, "the means and the ends are inseparable." | 21 weeks 16 hours ago |
