The Real Story Of The Civil Rights Movement | AJ+

The stories about Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali are well known. But how accurate are they?



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Often the retelling of the civil rights movement is neutered by misrepresentations of some of its key figures. Get to know the real Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali, and the beliefs that drove them.



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CNN. “The Greatest MLK Speeches You Never Heard.”



NBC News. “Women Had Key Roles in Civil Rights Movement.”



Washington Post. “Black Lives Matter and America's Long History of Resisting Civil Rights Protesters.”



Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. “Public Opinion on Civil Rights: Reflections on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”



The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute





Presented by: Imaeyen Ibanga

Written by: Emily Gibson, Imaeyen Ibanga, Jun Stinson

Edited by: Michael Zipkin

Animations by: Chia Liu

Produced by: Emily Gibson, Imaeyen Ibanga, Jun Stinson



Music tracks courtesy of Southern University marching band, APM and Audio Networks.

Footage and images courtesy of Getty, Reuters, Biography, “Like It Is,” CNN and PBS Thirteen.



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