Primary Sources of the Civil Rights Movement

Here are some videos I found relating to the Civil Rights Movement. The Little Rock Nine was a case from during the CRM that intrigued me, so I found two videos for it:

History of the Civil Rights Movement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxwe6LPvkM


Montgomery Bus Boycott:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHFPH79Iaoo


The Little Rock 9:

Short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g

Extended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERXusiEszs

The Little Rock 9 was a group of nine African-American high school students who were admitted to Little Rock Central High because of their high grades. This was on part of a federal court order to desegregate the school, and the school accepted. Arkansas Governor Orval E. Faubus was a man supported by African-Americans; he was a moderate "by Southern standards". In his last election, however, his opponents were tougher, and he wanted to be re-elected as governor. One way he could accomplish this was to keep segregation within the state. The night before school started, he made the decision to mobilize the state's National Guard to keep the African-American students from going to school.

When only 8 of the African-American students arrived at school, the National Guard turned them away. Elizabeth Eckford, the ninth of the Little Rock 9, walked by herself on her way to school, but on her way there, she encountered a mob, who was yelling insults at her as she made her way.

Then-president Eisenhower placed a court order in response to this, forcing Faubus to withdraw the guardsmen and allow the Little Rock 9 to go to school. When they returned to school, a group of segregationists blocked the students' entry. Eisenhower nationalized the Arkansas National Guard to protect the Little Rock 9 for the rest of the school year.