Civil Right Movement Road Trip Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery Alabama (Season 1, Episode 6)
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Civil Right Movement Road Trip

Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery Alabama (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary

The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama is dedicated to 40 people who died in the struggle for the equal and integrated treatment of all people, regardless of race, during the Civil Rights Movement. The names included belong to ...See moreThe Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama is dedicated to 40 people who died in the struggle for the equal and integrated treatment of all people, regardless of race, during the Civil Rights Movement. The names included belong to those who died between 1954 - 1968, because in 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unlawful and 1968 is the year of Martin Luther King's assassination. The memorial was dedicated in 1989. The concept of Maya Lin's design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. It was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s paraphrase "... we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. ...", from the "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. The memorial is a fountain in the form of a round stone inverted cone. A film of water flows over the base of the cone, which contains the 40 names included. It is possible to touch the smooth film of water and temporarily alter the surface film, which quickly returns to smoothness. As such, the memorial represents the aspirations of the American civil rights movement against racism. Written by Constantinos Isaias See less

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Louis Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Willie Brewster Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Benjamin Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hong Kombat (2007)
James Chaney Self (archive footage) (as James Earl Chaney) Self (archive footage) (as James Earl Chaney) See fewer
Johnnie Mae Chappell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Addie Mae Collins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jonathan Myrick Daniels Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Henry Hezekiah Dee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Roman Ducksworth Jr. Self (archive footage) (as Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.) Self (archive footage) (as Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.) See fewer
Willie Edwards Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Medgar Evers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Andrew Goodman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Paul Guihard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jimmie Lee Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Wharlest Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Bruce Klunder Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Bruce Klunder) Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Bruce Klunder) See fewer
George Lee Self (archive footage) (as Rev. George Lee) Self (archive footage) (as Rev. George Lee) See fewer
Herbert Lee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Viola Gregg Liuzzo Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Denise McNair Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Charles Eddie Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Oneal Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
William Lewis Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mack Charles Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Lemuel Penn Self (archive footage) (as Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn) Self (archive footage) (as Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn) See fewer
James Reeb Self (archive footage) (as Rev. James Reeb) Self (archive footage) (as Rev. James Reeb) See fewer
John Earl Reese Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Carole Robertson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Lamar Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Emmett Till Self (archive footage) (as Emmett Louis Till) Self (archive footage) (as Emmett Louis Till) See fewer
Clarence Triggs Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Virgil Lamar Ware Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Cynthia Wesley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Ben Chester White Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer