Stafford Library: African American History- HIST 374w Resource Guide: Videos

Archival Films and Newsreels

African Americans in World War II
This documentary contains extensive film footage of African-Americans fighting in World War II in D-Day invasion of Europe, the Battle of the Bulge, Italy, and the Pacific. It features numerous interviews with veterans including Congressional Medal of Honor winners.
African Americans Protest at Lunch Counter Sit-Ins ca. 1960
The first sit-in of the Civil Rights movement happened when four African-American college students sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960. The Greensboro sit-in sparked a wave of similar protests throughout the South, as well as "sympathy sit-ins" by college students in the North.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
This archival educational film shot in 1965 examines the Civil War and Reconstruction as they affected the nation’s African-American population.

African American Studies in Films on Demand
Includes culture, history, issues, and special topics related to African Americans.
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
A study and celebration of America’s greatest original art form, Ken Burns’s ten-part documentary series opens at the dawn of the 20th century and crosses the decades with the exuberance and expressive power of jazz itself.

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civl Rights Movement 1954-1985 Series
Call Number: Films on Demand
The 14-part series recounts the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It is the story of the people— young and old, male and female, northern and southern—who, compelled by a meeting of conscience and circumstance, worked to eradicate a world where whites and blacks could not go to the same school, ride the same bus, vote in the same election, or participate equally in society.