This section will analyze the role and presence of young children and college students in the Civil Rights Movement from 1963-1965. We use photographs, interviews, and clips from Eyes on the Prize to explore the impact of young people on the movement. Furthermore, we study the way in which representations by Henry Hampton differ from those of the mainstream media, especially in the face of violence. Children who were subject to violence were portrayed as either innocent victims or insensate pickaninnies. This section will include pages dedicated to the Children's Crusade of 1963, SNCC and Freedom Summer of 1964, and the march from Selma to Montgomery of 1965.
Birmingham Children’s Crusade (1963)
College protesters in Birmingham (1963)
Young woman in Birmingham Children’s Crusade (1963)
Young Girls in Freedom School (1960s)
Young boy in Birmingham Children's Crusade (1963)
Sign for the Indianola Freedom School (1964)
Students of Howard University (1960s)
SNCC Meeting (1960s)
Protesters in Selma (1965)
Police brutality in Selma (1965)
Local community organizer Frederick D. Reese
Henry Hampton
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two young girls during the march from Selma to Montgomery (1965)