- Grade Levels:
- 6-adult
- Length:
- 60 minutes
- Taping Rights:
- Unlimited
- MARC Record:
- Downloadable
- Web Site:
- KET Online
- Teaching Materials:
- See Below
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During the 1950s and ’60s, profound legal and social changes took place in Kentucky and across America as a result of the civil rights movement. As African Americans organized to protest racial segregation and discrimination, laws and customs that had kept blacks separate from whites and treated them as inferior since the days of post-Civil War Reconstruction began to crumble.
This documentary, part of a multimedia project of the Kentucky Oral History Commission, features Kentuckians who took part in the civil rights movement sharing their own stories of the struggle for justice and equal treatment. It is designed to give a feel for the times, to explain some of the issues that were particularly important in Kentucky, and to inspire young people by showing how people their age have made a difference in society.
To facilitate classroom use, the hour-long video is divided into segments that may be viewed separately. Related biographies, a historical timeline, and lesson plans written by Kentucky teachers for various grade levels, including connections to Kentucky Core Content in social studies, can be found at the web site developed by KET.
Living the Story is a 2001 production of Video Editing Services, Lexington, and the Kentucky Oral History Commission of the Kentucky Historical Society. Extended versions of interviews with participants in the documentary are available in the Living the Story: The Rest of the Story series.
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