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The Sixties · S1 E5

A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968)

June 26, 2014 · 60m
Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are reexamined by eyewitnesses to history. Diane Nash, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Bob Moses, Diane McWhorter, Taylor Branch, David Garrow, and Isabel Wilkerson give critical context to the lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, integration, and the Children’s Crusade for the moral mission of the Civil Rights Movement.
Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are reexamined by eyewitnesses to history. Diane Nash, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Bob Moses, Diane McWhorter, Taylor Branch, David Garrow, and Isabel Wilkerson give critical context to the lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, integration, and the Children’s Crusade for the moral mission of the Civil Rights Movement.

Guest stars

Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Armando Salas
Armando Salas
Additional Photography
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