Need a good civil rights documentary for my young homeschooled kids (Vanity)

Jan. 18, 2015 | moi

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Our kids are in second grade (homeschooled with me and my husband) and while they probably know more about the Civil War than most seven-year-olds, we haven't gotten into civil rights issues from the 1950's and 60's yet. However, our kids are old enough now to pick up on things from the radio and newspaper, so I think it's time to start to cover that. I'm looking for a relatively short documentary (or recordings of particular speeches, etc.) that presents Jim Crow, civil rights, MLK, etc. fairly factually and without a heapin' helping of white self-hate added in. (I also don't really want to get into MLK's womanizing, etc. Just looking for a factual outline of civil rights in the 50's and/or 60's.)

Got something that fits the bill? Thanks so much!

[Crapolla]

There is a site with tons of goodies...

Just try the search
Archive.org

[No One Special]

Get the film “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Great film, great acting and a great lesson taught.

[EinNYC]

The movie “The Help” highlights how poorly black domestics were treated in the 50s and 60s. It’s an excellent film.

[Lurker]

Love your tag line.

[GeronL]

do only black people have civil rights?

[Yosemitest]

Take a look at Booker T. Washington on Black Victimhood.
This is a very important fact THAT IS NOT BEING TAUGHT TODAY !

A number of black “leaders” (e.g., Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton) have made their living by promoting black victimhood and white guilt.
Jesse Jackson has been shaking down corporations with the scam for decades.
Booker T. Washington (1865–1915) warned of such people within the black community in his 1911 book My Larger Education.
He described them as “problem profiteers”:

“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public.
Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs
– partly because they want sympathy
and partly because it pays.
Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances,
because they do not want to lose their jobs.”
(p. 118)



My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience
(Dover Thrift Editions)

[fwdude]

Great post, because you are so spot on!

[SunkenCiv]

You’ll find quite a few leads in some of the relevant keywords.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lbj/index

Democratic Debacle (1964 convention, repercussions today)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1179981/posts

[Pollster1]

You know or can find most of the key events, and many are on youtube. I would go with primary sources as much as possible, and then talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLDn7MjbF0 George Wallace “segregation now, segregation forever”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs MLK “I have a dream”

Youtube is great, and I prefer my own commentary as a parent to the liberal spin often added by professional racists.

[kenmcg]

There’s plenty of information available in any library in the US re. slavery, the tribal chiefs who sold them into slavery, Jim Crow laws, the Confederacy, how African Americans have prospered and how some have suffered under the Great Society. The only thing you won’t find is the
FBI information on MLK.

[1010RD]

LOL. PBS designed political correctness.

[1010RD]

We did that and it armored our kids up against the PC crowd who never read it. Content of character became a watchword for our kids.

Have them read Up from Slavery and study the life of Booker T. Washington as well. There are a slew of successful blacks pre-civil rights era. Those were good to read because they contrast sharply with the belief that blacks needed Big Government to succeed.

Desegregation actually lowered black incomes and opportunities.

[1010RD]

You’re badly mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States#Civil_Rights_Movement_and_Black_Power_period:_1955.E2.80.931977

Democrats and their race pimps have to keep the menace of racism alive to stay in power. Note that nearly every urban area in America is controlled by Democrats. Why aren’t they paradises?

[Skooz]

I clicked on this thread to recommend “Eyes on the Prize.”

It’s excellent, especially the first few episodes.

It may be out of print and hard to find anywhere but youtube, however. But, if you can find it, it’s as good as any you can find, probably far better.

[don-o]

As homeschoolers, you can begin with the spiritual aspect of these matters. At the root, it’s a heart problem and the solution by political means (and brute force) is, at best, a patch. In due time, your children can learn how even the best of intentions do have bad results and consequences. Especially when the power continues to try to fix heart problems with force and money.

Racial animus has never been confined to the American South. But, that seems to get ALL the attention.

[don-o]

I know you are looking for media, but, as I am sure you know, nothing you will find will be totally without presuppositions, assumptions and agenda. Part of your lesson can be teaching how to discern those in everything they encounter.

[logi_cal869]

I think anything coming with a recommendation for PBS should come with the disclaimer “Pretty Biased Stuff”.

I don’t care when it was made; PBS is what it is. I hope your kids come to understand that and get some good out of the documentary.

Best of luck and keep up the good work (homeschooling)!

[knarf]

NO ONE IS PICKING UP ON THE FACT THAT ONE BLACK MAN HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TODAY !!!

[don-o]

That’s kinda off topic of the thread. Maybe start one about that?