The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Uses archival footage and interviews to provided a detailed account of the background, people, events, and legislation surrounding the civil rights movement. Discusses how the movement crossed over to other ethnic groups, women, and the disabled

Hon. Lawrence J. Brennan, Esq. is the Chief Deputy County Attorney of Nassau County. He specializes in civil rights litigation to ensure constitutional rights are protected from unwarranted intrusions by local governments. He speaks about numerous civil rights legislation and issues involving a single citizen suing an entire municipality and how that trend is changing to specific government employees being singled out in such lawsuits; immunity for government employees such as police officers and politicians is severely restricted

Documents the creation of the Bill of Rights; summarizes the historical background of this important document; discusses its development and influence on American and world history

Three dramatic cases raise issues about the constitutional right to privacy and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

Elizabeth A. Davis, Esq., Assistant to the Council for People With Disabilities for the New York City Mayor's Office, discusses the civil rights legislation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); that includes legislation banning any form of discrimination of people with disabilities. She explains the different types of disabilities

Part II (1864-1994) covers the post-war Reconstruction Period, Jim Crow laws, entrenched social segregation in the South, the "Great Migration", World War I and World War II and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's

The time has come (1964-1966) : Malcolm X...Stokely Carmichael..."Black Power". After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is on the horizon: the insistent call for power. Volume 4

Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) : Covers lunch counter sit-ins and their impact on the Kennedy and Nixon presidential race of 1960, the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the freedom rides of 1961. Volume 2

Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) : Focuses on the right to vote. Tells how the black citizens who had been denied the right to vote stepped forward and demanded a place in the political process. Medgar Evers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and others, died trying to help them. Shows the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the 1964 Democratic Party Convention. Volume 3

The keys to the kingdom (1974-1980) : Famous and lesser-known participants recount the remedies used to solve the problems of discrimination in schools and the workplace. For blacks and whites in Boston, court-ordered busing proves an unpopular means of integrating schools. Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson pursues affirmative action to help combat the city's poverty rate. The Bakke Supreme Court case challenges affirmative action when a white man sues a university on grounds of "reverse discrimination". Volume 7