African-American Civil Rights Movement
Witness History. The murder of black teenager Emmett Till. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was brutally murdered in Mississippi
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Proms Plus: Nina Simone's life and legacy. Audio, 34 minutes
Nina Simone’s achievement with Kevin Legendre, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Zena Edwards
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. The British Black Panthers. Audio, 57 minutes
The untold story of when Black Power came to Britain and forever left its mark.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted4 July 2019
Witness History. The assassinaton of Medgar Evers. Audio, 9 minutes
The American civil rights activist and war hero who was murdered in 1963 in Mississippi.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
New Orleans food legend Leah Chase dies aged 96. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:33
She fed civil rights activists and redefined New Orleans cuisine
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted3 June 2019
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- Posted2 June 2019
Great Lives. Shirley Collins on Alan Lomax. Audio, 28 minutes
Shirley Collins and Billy Bragg on the legendary American song-hunter Alan Lomax.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Landmark: Audre Lorde. Audio, 53 minutes
Jackie Kay & Selina Thompson discuss the influential US writer & civil rights activist
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted16 April 2019
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- Posted12 March 2019
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- Posted25 November 2018
Witness History. Life With America's Black Panthers. Audio, 9 minutes
Memories of the radical African American leader, Eldridge Cleaver.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted22 October 2018
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- Posted17 October 2018
Four Thought. The Last Poets. Audio, 14 minutes
The Last Poets discuss why they're still performing after 50 years.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. The Last Poets. Audio, 14 minutes
The Last Poets discuss why they're still performing after 50 years.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted26 September 2018
The black Christ of Alabama. Heart and Soul. Video, 00:01:57
How Welsh artist John Petts created an iconic piece of art for the civil rights movement
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted26 September 2018
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- Posted22 September 2018
The 'hidden' work of pioneering journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:21
The first African-American reporter accredited to cover the White House is being honoured
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted21 September 2018
Heart and Soul. Heart and Soul Gathering, Heart and Soul Gathering: Birmingham, Alabama. Audio, 50 minutes
What role do black churches have in the fight for social justice today?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
‘Gun violence in my city is at an all-time high’ Heart and Soul. Video, 00:01:40
Is March For Our Lives the new civil rights movement?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted22 September 2018
The art keeping history alive. Heart and Soul. Video, 00:02:11
Telling the stories of Birmingham’s civil rights park
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted15 September 2018
