NPR American Chronicles: Civil Rights
NPR American Chronicles
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Michele Norris
- Length: 3 hours
Description
It wasn’t that long ago that black citizens had to move to the back of the bus. In this stirring collection, NPR tells stories large and small: of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington; of Pullman porters, an invaluable green book, and women who baked pies to support the Montgomery bus boycott. Personal recollections and historical accounts paint vivid pictures of individuals and events that transformed a nation.
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NPR American Chronicles Series

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Abridged: No
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NPR American Chronicles: Civil Rights
By: NPR
Narrated by: Michele Norris
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: No
It wasn’t that long ago that black citizens had to move to the back of the bus. In this stirring collection, NPR tells stories large and small: of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington; of Pullman porters, an invaluable green book, and women who baked pies to support the Montgomery bus boycott. Personal recollections and... Read more »
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Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Neal Conan
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Abridged: No
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