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Through dramatization of actual incidents from the boyhood of Martin Luther King, Jr., this program explores the factors that helped mold and shape his life. It presents a strong case for brotherhood and stimulates empathy and understanding for those who have endured prejudice-in a manner readily understood by its target audience. Historic newsreel footage depicts high points in Dr. King's career-including his award of the Nobel Peace Prize. Grades 3-5
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A combination of costumed re-enactments and archival footage of the civil rights movement shows how our country’s foremost civil rights leader transformed race relations in America. The program first shows young Martin as a child in Atlanta, where he experiences racial discrimination. When the mother of two of his friends says he can no longer play with her children, Martin’s mother explains why. Martin also is seen being denied access to swimming pools, restaurants and other public places. But he is an excellent student, sharpens his speaking skills, and graduates from high school two years early. He is then seen at Morehouse College, where he studies philosophy and comes to believe that love is the best way to fight discrimination. The next part of the program shows Dr. king as a minister in Montgomery, Alabama. There, Dr. king becomes a major force in the Montgomery bus strike, which thrusts him into the national spotlight. Dr. king is then seen planning and leading demonstrations against school segregation and promoting the opening of restaurants to people of all races. He is also seen working to convince congress to pass fair housing laws. The program ends as Dr. king gives his “I Have a Dream” speech and as he receives the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Grades 3-5
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Based on the classic children's book by Doreen Rappaport. Using quotes from some of his beloved speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., comes to life in stunning collage art and vibrant watercolor paintings in this profound and important biography about beliefs and dreams and following one's heart. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his own words, will inspire and affect you, too. Narrated by Michael Clarke Duncan. Part of the Weston Woods Series. Grades K-2
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At the River I Stand reconstructs the events during March and April of 1968 that transformed a Memphis labor dispute into a national conflagration. Retired sanitation workers recall their fears about striking for higher wages and union recognition. Historical footage shows civil rights leaders and the black community mobilizing behind the strikers, organizing mass demonstrations and an Easter boycott of downtown businesses. Martin Luther king, Jr., arrived to expand the civil rights agenda to the economy in a peaceful protest. The video re-creates the controversies between king's advisors, local leaders, and younger militants that turned the protest march into a violent confrontation. Days after king was assassinated on April 4, 1968, thousands from Memphis and elsewhere carried out king's nonviolent march. And the city council granted most of the demands of the strikers, who had successfully challenged the entrenched racist economic structure of the South. This video contains two pivotal speeches by Dr. king: the speech galvanizing the sanitation workers and his very last speech.
Grades 9-12
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