Racism, the Black struggle and civil rights

List creator: amit Created on: February 7, 2005 - 3:52 PM PST Description: List of movies touching any sort of racism in America (USA) and civil rights. Freedom struggle within a country. Suprisingly a first list of its kind on GC as far as I know.

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	The Rosa Parks Story (2002)			Not Rated
The most famous early incident in the civil right struggle.
	Do the Right Thing (Criterion Collection) (1989)
A modern day tale of life in mixed race society based in NY
	Ruby Bridges (1998)
Potential
	King (Disc 1 of 2) (1978)			Not Rated
The Non-violent fighter, an American Gandhi, responsible with others for Equality available to all in US.
	King (Disc 2 of 2) (1978)			Not Rated
An American Gandhi, disc 2
	Malcolm X (1992)
The Violent fighter, The Black American Bhagat Singh
	Jungle Fever (1991)
A look at inter-racial relationship
	Easy Rider (Criterion) (1969)
To believe, Bike riders\Hippies faced racism too.
	A Time to Kill (1996)
Justice
	Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Again, inter-racial relationship and many hues of Black life
	Bamboozled (2000)
A satire of Black representation in the media (TV\Film.)
	Get on the Bus (1996)
Sharing a common cause
	Baadasssss! (2003)
Before Spike Lee, Before Denzel, Before Night,.....
	4 Little Girls (1997)			Not Rated
And for the young.
	Nothing But a Man (1964)
Reco from GC staff. Not on GC catalog, but available on DVD: "Biography - Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union"