Civil Rights in the 1950s
For reference, click here for an overall timeline of civil rights in the US
In this scene, Oprah’s character applies to vote and is faced with the impossible requirements to recite the constitution and name the county’s judges, failing which she is unable to register.
In 1964, the best Short Documentary Feature was this one, “Nine from Little Rock” about the black children who broke the colour bar in 1957. This is it in full:
1963
The March on Washington
Malcolm X
1965
Malcolm X – Reading the Dictionary
Histories of Dreams and Catastrophe 