Hear what Harlem residents have to say about the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X, what he meant to them, and who they think is responsible for the shooting. Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1tTfdZbwc?rel=0 Footage appears of the May 2, 1963 public suicide of Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk and describes how people at the scene reacted to the self-immolation. Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. While his body burned, priests … Continue reading
Photographer Malcolm Browne describes the moment he took the picture of Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation and what it was like to witness his death. Continue reading
Jonathan Prinz, son of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, expresses the importance of being a participant in the world and he explains how attending the March on Washington gave him that worldview. Continue reading
Jonathan Prinz discusses his father, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and how the Holocaust formed his view of civil rights. Continue reading
Jonathan Prinz discusses the civil rights movement and how it has informed other movements. Continue reading
Harjab Grewal and Harsha Walia of the Olympic Resistance Network and other activists explain why they and others are protesting the Olympics and the committee's exploitation of the host country's native residents. Continue reading
Civil rights activist Franklin McCain, known as one of the 'Greensboro Four,' remembers what it was like to sit at the Woolworth lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960 in protest of the store's racially discriminatory policy. Continue reading
Various people who were part of Bloody Sunday give their first-person accounts of the day and its aftermath, including British soldiers. Continue reading
Peter Yarrow recalls hearing the "I Have a Dream" for the first time at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Continue reading