Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders

Link to the movie "Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders" on Kanopy. From site: "This powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it - and emerged as its grassroots leaders. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders' promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality for all Americans. A good addition to the syllabus of any American History or Black Studies course, for courses meeting in-person or remotely."

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Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders

Date

2021-02-02

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2002

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United States [n-us]
Washington (D.C.) [n-us-dc]
Mississippi [n-us-ms]

Abstract

Link to the movie "Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders" on Kanopy. From site: "This powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it - and emerged as its grassroots leaders. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders' promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality for all Americans. A good addition to the syllabus of any American History or Black Studies course, for courses meeting in-person or remotely."

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