January Films at the National Archives and Records Administration Washington, DC . . . The National Archives and Records Administration presents a free film series to set the stage for Black History Month.
All programs are free and open to the public.
A Walk Through the Twentieth Century with Bill Moyers provides a comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement. Part I covers the period through 1930, during which the foundations for the civil rights movement were laid. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee join Moyers to examine the various and sometimes conflicting paths the black leaders of the time advocated. Montgomery After Martin Luther King, Jr ., 1993. This documentary sets out to portray the current tensions and frustrations, hopes and fears, of Montgomery, AlabamaCthe city that was at the center of the civil rights struggle of the 1950's and 1960's.