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Civil Rights

About the Collections

Our collections relating to Civil Rights hold a large amount of unique, ephemeral materials, including flyers and leaflets distributed at demonstrations and protest rallies from multiple geographical regions. Digital collections feature a selection of Firing Line interviews with several American civil rights figures, including Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, and Huey Newton.

Videos from the Collections

"Muhammad Ali and the Negro Movement" with Muhammad Ali, taped on December 12, 1968, Program 130

"Is America Hospitable to the Negro?" with Jesse Jackson, taped on October 2, 1971, Program S0019