Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4 (2010)

Directed by

Lynn Kessler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

47 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of four Black college students who started a sit-in at a Greensboro lunch counter in 1960 to protest segregation. It uses interviews with three of the men and historians to recount their actions and the impact they had.

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What happens

Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4 is a 2010 television documentary film by Lynn Kessler for the Smithsonian Channel. It tells the story of The Greensboro Four through photographs, archival footage and interviews from Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Jibreel Khazan, three of the four men who began the sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices. The film also includes interviews from historians from the Smithsonian Museum of American History and civil right leader and congressman John Lewis. The film aired on July 25, 2010 on the Smithsonian Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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