Awakenings 1954-1956
Description
Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Runtime
56 min
Series
Subjects
- Segregation in transportation (8)
- Segregation (114)
- Segregation in education (19)
- African Americans (1140)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c1994
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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