On June 11th, 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked the admittance of two African American students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, to the University of Alabama.  This action was consistent with his campaign promise of segregation.

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Now, a look back to the civil rights movement in Arkansas in the 1960s. A panel of activists, former SNCC members, and Freedom Riders discuss life in segregated Arkansas and the civil rights movement as they experienced it.

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University of Michigan history professor Kevin Gaines on the music of the civil rights and black power movement. Several songs and slides are featured during the class.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a conference on the presidency and civil rights. In this discussion, panelists consider President Kennedy's legacy and the evolution of his thinking and actions on civil rights.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a day-long conference on the presidency and civil rights. During the concluding panel, the achievements and struggles since the days of FDR's administration were considered -- as well as contemporary civil rights issues.  

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University of Washington American History Professor Quintard Taylor looks at the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s through the 1960s.  Professor Taylor focuses on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Brown v. Board of Education and the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Tom Ikeda of the Japanese American Legacy Project and Jasmine Alinder of the March on Milwaukee digital history project are interviewed at the Organization of American Historians meeting in Milwaukee.  Ikeda and Alinda discuss the historical value of online oral and digital history collections. Mr. Ikeda's project focuses on documenting the experience of the WWII Japanese internment camps, and Professor Alinder is a team member of a project detailing the 1960's civil rights movement in Milwaukee.

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Salisbury University history professor Dean Kotlowski looks at President Richard Nixon’s Civil Rights policies. Professor Kotlowski discusses the dichotomy of President Nixon’s conservative speeches and his liberal-leaning policies. 

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This discussion is from a conference on "The Presidency and Civil Rights'' held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Among the topics: What was FDR's reasoning on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans? Why did President Truman desegregate the Armed Forces?And -- in addition to his role protecting the rights of Little Rock High School students -- what other civil rights actions did President Eisenhower take while in the Oval Office?  

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The Detroit Historical Society hosts this discussion on Detroit’s civil rights movement. Panelists focus on the years following the Civil War through the Great Migration, a period when millions of blacks moved from the South to areas north and west. 

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The Detroit Historical Society's Black Historic Sites Committee hosts a panel discussion on the city's Civil Rights movement from 1950 to 1967. Panelists include a woman who was arrested during the Detroit riot of 1967, when hundreds of people were injured and 43 people died.

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