Stanley Nelson
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the case of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy who, in 1955, innocently whistled at a white woman in Mississippi and was murdered because of it at the hands of two white men. Details how the acquittal of the boy's murderers helped mobilize the civil rights movement.
2) Attica
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement took place.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, it chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.