African-American Civil Rights Movement
Great Lives. Eleanor Roosevelt. Audio, 30 minutes
Civil liberties lawyer Helena Kennedy nominates Eleanor Roosevelt.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Ella Fitzgerald. Audio, 30 minutes
Ivan Massow nominates the great jazz singer, with expert advice from Cleo Laine.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Close Up. Music and the American Civil Rights Movement - Part One. Audio, 26 minutes
The roots of the Civil Rights Movement in USA and the songs which galvanised it
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Freedom in America. Audio, 15 minutes
Do spontaneous protests occur? Alistair Cooke explores Rosa Parks’ infamous bus ride.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Jackie Robinson (1919 – 1972) Audio, 15 minutes
A tribute to Jackie Robinson (1919 – 1972) the first black Major League baseball player.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
About Face. Jesse Jackson. Audio, 29 minutes
Baptist minister Reverend Jesse Jackson became a civil rights activist in the 1960s
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Malcolm X. Video, 188 minutes
Biographical epic about influential and controversial black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 6 months
