Selma : the bridge to the ballot / The Southern Poverty Law Center presents a Teaching Tolerance film ; a Bill Brummel Productions documentary ; written by Bill Brummel & Richard Cohen ; produced and directed by Bill Brummel.

"The story of a courageous group of Alabama students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barrett, Don (Composer)
Dunlap, Jamie (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Teaching Tolerance (Project)
Bill Brummel Productions (Firm) (Production company)
Southern Poverty Law Center (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Brummel, Bill (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Cohen, Richard (Screenwriter)
Spencer, Octavia (Narrator)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Montgomery, Ala.] : Southern Poverty Law Center, [2015]
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
United States. > Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Selma to Montgomery Rights March > (1965 : > Selma, Ala.)
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Segregation > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century.
Suffrage > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century.
Discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Selma (Ala.) > Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 DVD (approximately 46 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM + 1 poster.
Variant Title:
Bridge to the ballot.
Format: Video DVD

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