Children of the Civil Rights

Children of the Civil Rights

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2015
0h 57m
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For six years, a group of kids went into restaurants and asked for service. It never got violent, it never made national news, but these kids desegregated every restaurant in Oklahoma City except one before the 1964 Civil Rights Act was made into law. Children of the Civil Rights, a documentary film, shares their six year odyssey to freedom. This is a story about the strength of youth.

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Julian Bond

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Bob Bruosseau

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Bob Clifford

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Sue Clifford

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John Lewis

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John Lewis
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Steve Delaney

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Jimmy Stewart, Sr.

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Joyce Henderson

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Wayne Thompson

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Clara Luper

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Hannibal B. Johnson

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Martha King

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Marilyn Luper

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Gloria Matthews

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Portwood Williams, Jr

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Bob Mathews

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Barbara Posey Jones

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Colonel Stan Evans

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J.C. McCrite

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Joan McCrite

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Frosty Troy

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Ernie Schultz

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Bozie Mae Walker

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Ayanna Najuma

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Ross Williams

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Nellie Willams

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Charlton Heston

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Joyce Jackson

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