Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
This film reconstructs the events that led to the climax of the Civil Rights Movement.
This film, featuring a number of scholars and artists, explores African-American identity.
This documentary illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin—a visionary activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement.
This episode of Chicano! examines the beginnings of a national movement for social justice by profiling Reies Lopez Tijerina and the 1966–1967 land grant movement in New Mexico.
This episode of Chicano! chronicles the efforts of farm workers to form a national labor union under the nonviolent leadership of César Chávez.
This episode of Chicano! paints a picture of the struggle to reform an education system that failed to properly education Mexican American students.
This episode of Chicano! focuses on the emergence of Mexican Americans political activism and the creation of a third political party, La Raza Unida.
Reporters, media professionals, and a graduate student explore the power of social media for sharing news and information, catalyzing social activism, and allowing citizens to play a watchdog role.
Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark prove a connection between segregation and low self-esteem
This film traces many years of turbulent race relations by looking at television programs.
Reporters and media professionals give suggestions for how to avoid our own biases when we consume news.