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- American Experience: Roads to Memphis
Roads to Memphis, February 26, 2019
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke to the crowd at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, giving one of the most powerful and memorable speeches of his life. In it, he addressed the growing threats against his life, proclaiming "It doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind."
The following day, escaped convict James Earl Ray shot and killed King while he lingered on a motel balcony. Roads to Memphis is the fateful narrative of this killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society. The assassination shocked the country, setting off deadly riots from coast to coast and triggering the largest, costliest, and most ambitious manhunt in American history.
- A New One-Man Show Resurrects Stokely Carmichael (17 min)
By Anita Rao & Frank Stasio, The State of Things, Feb 16, 2017 In the early 1960s, Stokely Carmichael was a relatively-unknown young activist working primarily with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Alabama and Mississippi. But he rose to prominence in the summer of 1966 when he introduced the term “black power” into the national dialogue. A new one-man show examines this pivotal moment in civil rights history through the eyes of Stokely Carmichael himself. Host Frank Stasio talks with writer and performer Meshaun Labrone about his show “POWER!” Stokely Carmichael. Labrone performs this Friday, Feb.17 at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
- Chicago 1968 (50 min)
Documentary on the 1968 Democratic Convention
- Chicago Convention The Whole World is Watching 1968 ElectionWallDotOrg.flv (4 min)
Police riot during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago
- Fly Me To The Moon: Apollo 11 And The Unsung Hero Who Made It Happen (30 min)
Joshua Johnson speaks with Todd Zwillich, author of a new audiobook called The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon, about John Houbolt’s groundbreaking work to convince leaders and colleagues that he knew how to get to the moon. His landmark idea was called lunar-orbit rendezvous (LOR), which entailed linking two spacecraft in orbit in order to ensure a smooth and successful landing. LOR had never been attempted, and Houbolt’s colleagues dismissed him.
- In 1968, Poor Americans Came to D.C. To Protest, Some By Mule
Walter Ray Watson. NPR The Picture Show. June 15-16, 2018. Fifty years ago, photographer and folklorist Roland Freeman hitched his hopes to a humble caravan of mule-driven wagons. The Mule Train left the small town of Marks, in the Mississippi Delta, for Washington, D.C. It was part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last major effort to mobilize impoverished Americans of different races and ethnic backgrounds.
- James Cates | Remembering and Reckoning
Center for the Study of the American South, November 18, 2020
This Re/Collecting Chapel Hill podcast episode shares the story of James Cates. The episode features Mike Ogle’s research and the voices of community members who knew Cates, including those with him when he died.
- Long Before Kaepernick, The 'Syracuse 8' Took A Stand Against Racial Injustice
WBUR Here & Now, Nov 22, 2017 Karen Given (@klgiven) and Shira Springer (@ShiraSpringer) from Only A Game spoke with three of the six surviving members of the Syracuse 8.
- The Day the 60s Died (55 min)
This video tells the story of the Kent State University shootings and the aftermath of this shocking conflict.
- The Sixties - The Years That Shaped a Generation (TV) [2005] (2 hr)
PBS documentary