Extract 1

This extract from current affairs programmel, This Week shows an interview with Mohammed Ali in 1969, focusing on black pride in response to the values and beliefs of American society.

Extract 2 (1.06)

Sequence of shots of images of black people in America and of the Ku Klux Klan.

Extract 3 (2.13)

Sequence of shots of signs for 'coloured' and white only premises, for example schools and restaurants, as part of American segregation.

Extract 4 (2.40)

'We Work Again' (1937)

Extract from a government film made to promote the Federal Works Agency, which provided work for black people who had been hit hard by the economic depression of the 1930s.

Extract 5 (3.40)

Sequence of shots of black American soldiers.

Extract 6 (4.07)

Teamwork (1945–6)

This extract from an American military propaganda film shows black and white soldiers fighting side by side.

Extract 7 (5.44)

Sequence of shots of post-war images of segregation.

Extract 8 (6.08)

News footage from Little Rock, Arkansas where the Governor refused to allow black students to the High School in 1957.

Extract 9 (6.28)

Trouble in Little Rock (1957)

This extract from British Movietonenews shows the scenes outside the school as black students try to enter under police guard and white parents try to prevent them.

Extract 10 (8.16)

Footage of Martin Luther King who used non-violent protest to confront white racism.

Extract 11 (8.43)

March on Washington (1963)

Extract from US news programme about the rally on civil rights in Washington DC in 1963, where Martin Luther King made his 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Extract 12 (10.56)

Sequence of shots relating to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It outlawed segregation in public facilities and racial discrimination in employment and education.

Extract 13 (11.21)

World Tomorrow: 'Black Power' (1966)

This extract from Granada Television shows violent confrontations in response to Civil Rights legislation in America. It also includes an interview with a white housewife.

Extract 14 (12.02)

Shot of Malcolm X who campaigned for a separate state for black people.

Extract 15 (12.16)

'Black Muslims – Malcolm X' (1963)

This extract from the current affairs programme This Week focuses on the Black Muslim movement founded by Malcolm X.

Extract 16 (14.00)

Sequence of shots of black activists in the 1960s and of the 1967 race riots in America.

Extract 17 (14.22)

'Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud' (1969)

This extract from current affairs programme This Week focuses on 'Operation Breadbasket' – a campaign to try and get customers to buy products from black manufacturers and therefore support the black community.

Extract 18 (15.56)

Sequence of shots that focus on the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and commentary that covers the impact of his murder on the Civil Rights Movement.

Extract 19 (16.21)

'Black Panthers' (1970)

This extract from a San Francisco newsreel shows the Black Panthers – a group who believed in the use of armed struggle to achieve civil rights.

Extract 20 (16.40)

World In Action: 'Black Mood' (1970)

This extract from a television current affairs programme shows Russ Meeks, a Black Panther, inciting his audience to stand up and fight for civil rights.

Extract 21 (17.38)

Sequence of shots of black power and black pride.

Extract 22 (17.54)

'Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud' (1969)

This extract from a current affairs programme shows Jesse Jackson speaking about his hopes for the future of the black community.

Extract 23 (18.34)

Information given that compares poverty amongst the black families in America compared to the white and their representation in the government.