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Resources
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Women Make
Movies
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http:www.wmm.com
Women Make Movies is the distributor of “Standing On
My Sisters’ Shoulders” as well as many other documentaries
that deal with women’s issues. It is a multicultural,
multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates
the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of
independent films and videotapes by and about women. |
National Women's
History Museum
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http://www.nmwh.org
NWHM is a non-partisan, non-profit educational organization
dedicated to restoring the historic contributions and the
rich, diverse experiences of women to mainstream culture. |
African American
Heritage at the Smithsonian
Civil
Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
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http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/index.html
This site, created by the University of Southern Mississippi,
includes interviews with civil rights leaders, photographs
and manuscripts from the Mississippi movement. Listen to or
read interviews with key participants from Standing On My
Sisters' Shoulders. |
Cultural
Center for Social Change
“Freedom Is A Constant Struggle”
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http://www.ccsocialchange.org
Thanks to Susie Erenrich and the Cultural Center for Social
Change. Her excellent anthology “Freedom Is A Constant
Struggle,” about the Mississippi Civil Rights movement,
highlights many of the participants in “Standing On
My Sisters' Shoulders.” |
Faces
of Freedom Summer
The Photographs of Herbert Randall
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http://www.uapress.ua.edu/authors/tusa00.html
Special thanks to photographer Herbert Randall and author
Bobs M. Tusa for their generous help and support in providing
photos for “Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders.”
Please check out their outstanding book “Faces of Freedom
Summer.” |
Mississippi
Department of Archives and History
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http://www.mdah.state.ms.us
Special thanks to the MDAH for providing footage and photos
for the documentary. In addition to the archive, they house
the first permanent civil rights exhibition in the nation. |
NAACP
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http://www.naacp.org
Since 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People has fought for enactment of civil rights laws
and led public information and protest campaigns to improve
opportunities for African Americans. |
Southern
Poverty Law Center
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http://www.splcenter.org
The Southern Poverty Law Center combats hate, intolerance
and discrimination through education and litigation. It also
sponsors the Civil Rights Memorial which celebrates those
who died during the Civil Rights movement. |
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some of the resources that were helpful in making the documentary,
and may provide more information for you about the history of the
Civil Rights movement. |
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