Voting Rights Additional Resources
FILM
They Say I’m Your Teacher
By The Literacy Project
A documentary short about the Citizen Education Schools, created from the 16mm archives of the groundbreaking 1985 film, You Got To Move.
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Freedom on My Mind
By Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford
The story of the Mississippi freedom movement in the early 1960s. Activists discuss the joys of struggle and the community it creates, as well as the implications of difficult decisions like the one to bring white northerners down to Mississippi to increase media and government attention.
FILM
Freedom Summer
By Stanley Nelson
Documentary about 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi. Introduces viewers to the history of Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964. The film uses documentary footage and interviews with veterans of the southern Freedom Movement.
FILM
Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot
By Bill Brummel
Teachers and high school students are front and center in this short documentary on the 1960s freedom movement in Selma. (40 min.)
FILM
The Way to Freedom: Selma and the Making of a Movement
By National Park Service
Documentary about the role of young people in the 1960s voting rights movement in Selma and Marion, Alabama. (23 min.)
WEBSITE
Freedom Summer 1964 Collection
Extensive collection on the Civil Rights Movement and the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964.
WEBSITE
SNCC Digital Gateway
Historical materials, profiles, timeline, map, and stories on SNCC’s voting rights organizing.