Lectures tagged "Martin Luther King"

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Andrew Young at the Istanbul Center
Andrew Young
November 13, 2008
00:22:56
Andrew Young, former US Ambassador to the UN, former Atlanta Mayor, US Congressman, and civil rights leader, addresses guests of the Istanbul Center's sixth annual "Dialogue and Friendship" dinner. WABE 90.1-FM News Reporter Charles Edwards is the master of ceremonies.
Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
Jeffrey D. Grove
February 27, 2008
01:09:25
Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove, and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy.
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Civil Rights Movement in Boston, 1960-1968: The Churches and the Movement
Virgil Wood
November 4, 2006
01:47:15
This panel of civil rights leaders works to preserve for posterity the stories of those who made local history, but with national impact.
Tribute to Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Lee
January 16, 2006
01:32:11
On Martin Luther King Day, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, National Public Radio's senior news analyst Cokie Roberts, and former Texas Governor Ann Richards discuss the remarkable political careers of two African American women, Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm.
Callie House: My Face is Black is True
Mary Frances Berry
September 14, 2005
00:50:06
Mary Francis Berry reclaims Callie House, a magnificent heroine who, though so long forgotten that the site of her grave is unknown, emerges as a pioneering activist: a female forerunner of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Movement on Film
Ernest C. Withers
January 19, 2004
00:53:00
Ernest C. Withers talks about his photojournalism career, which took him on travels with Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, and other figures in the civil rights movement.
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1963 March on Washington: "Blowin' in the Wind" Leaders and Lawmakers
Eugene Carson Blake
August 28, 1963
01:41:08
In 1963, WGBH 89.7 broadcast the entire event as part of the National Educational Radio Network, the precursor to NPR.
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1963 March on Washington: "Whole World in His Hands" Speeches and Spirituals
John Lewis
August 28, 1963
00:41:10
In 1963, WGBH 89.7 broadcast the entire event as part of the National Educational Radio Network, the precursor to NPR.