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Children of the Civil Rights
Film / 2015

Children of the Civil Rights

Directed by Julia Clifford
DocumentaryHistory

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Julian Bondself Bob Bruosseauself Bob Cliffordself Sue CliffordSelf John LewisSelf Steve Delaneyself Jimmy Stewart, Sr.self Joyce Hendersonself Wayne Thompsonself Clara LuperSelf Hannibal B. Johnsonself Martha KingSelf
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Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage) Marilyn LuperSelf Gloria MatthewsSelf Portwood Williams, JrSelf Bob MathewsSelf Barbara Posey Jonesself Colonel Stan Evansself J.C. McCriteSelf Joan McCriteSelf Frosty TroySelf Ernie Schultzself Bozie Mae WalkerSelf Ayanna Najumaself Ross WilliamsSelf Nellie WillamsSelf Charlton HestonSelf (archival footage) Joyce JacksonSelf

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