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US Civil rights: fighting for freedom | A HistoryExtra podcast series
Listen to our podcast series on the US civil rights movement
Published: August 3, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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In mid-20th century America, hundreds of thousands of civil rights activists squared up against racism – marching, campaigning, and even putting their lives at risk in the fight for racial equality. In this new HistoryExtra podcast series, we chart some of the key moments in the transformative history of the US Civil Rights movement. Expert historians share some of the movement's most recognisable stories, from the Montgomery bus boycott that inspired the nation to the landmark March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr shared his powerful dream for America’s future, as well as shining a light on some of the forgotten figures who helped forge the movement, and exploring how its legacy continues to shape the world around us today.
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The brutal murder of black teenager Emmett Till appalled America, and added fuel to the fledgling civil rights movement. Experts Devery Anderson and Adriane Lentz-Smith revisit the event
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Why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat? Historians Jeanne Theoharis and Mia Bay unpick that question as they explore the protest that captivated the nation
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Episode 3The March on Washington. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
“I have a dream”, Martin Luther King Jr told the 250,000 protestors gathered before him in the nation’s capital. Experts Jonathan Eig and Clayborne Carson consider the 1963 march that made history
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How successful was the 1964 Civil Rights Act? Dr Tomiko Nagin-Brown and Dr Rebecca Brueckmann explore the landmark legislation, as well as the case of the Little Rock Nine
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In 1965 Malcolm X was shot dead in New York. Dr Clarence Lang and Dr Ashley Farmer explore the activist’s assassination, and his influence on Black Power
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Episode 6Legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
How were 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests linked to the mid-century struggle for racial equality? Dr Adriane Lentz-Smith and Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry consider the tangled legacy of Civil Rights
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