No More: The Children of Birmingham 1963 and the Turning Point of the Civil Rights Movement

[@sgkeels]

I was a very young child when this took place. It really wasn't that long ago.

[@malduf]

An excellent and moving documentary. I watched this the morning after seeing the movie "Selma." It gives me chills to see what African Americans had to go through and the amount of courage they had to show to win basic rights. Clearly, as recent events have shown, the work is not yet over.

[@adamburetta547]

Yep

[@QuestionMarks420]

cool, hey since its nigga history month, could I "barrow" $600?

[@johndoe9362]

Gerald Duffy, African nations are 100 times worse.

[@aarondigby5054]

I was born in 1958, witnessed the last vestiges of Jim Crow segregation, grew up during the civil rights movement. C

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@QuestionMarks420 you can borrow some breath mints.

[@Jay-tb7zw]

What an impact just children had!!!!!!

[@trynitishue8911]

that was in class hey

[@Jay-tb7zw]

Yeah

[@myngg]

It's ironic how the United States stands by the saying of "with liberality and justice for all" yet there is still so much racism and inequality within this country. So many lives had to be lost just for the self claim country of equality and freedom to notice its injustice to its own people. I applause the courageous African American children who volunteered to fight for their rights day after day even after being tormented repeatedly by the police. This video was truly remarkable. Thank you.

[@REALSOUL4]

I was there, lived through it and seeing it again bring back pain and hurt but by the 'Grace Of God', I was one of the lucky ones. When the kkk started to killing children, my mother said enough and I left Birmingham, Alabama in November of 1963 the month they killed President John F. Kennedy! There were so much evil going on back then...it's something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. After all of this, I give thanks to 'GOD', I still can 'LOVE'! The girls will live on because their names will never be 'Forgotten'...may they R.I.P.!

[@cmebans35]

God bless you🙏

[@dontbelievewhatuc1]

I think some stuff it may take heaven to heal it.

[@LovelyKarms662607004]

We had to watch this in class. If my teacher looks down in the comments, then, Hey Mrs.Thompson!👋🏽

[@SftiDaNNy]

Woah! My teachers name is Mrs Thompson too :0 btw this comment is so old 🤯

[@minhto6008]

It sickens me to see how discrimination had played such a big part in this so-called "land of opportunity, equality and freedom" history. Many people criticized Dr. King's movement in Birmingham for using children and exposed them to violence. However, I would like to thank and praise these brave and courageous young individuals to help opened many eyes of the American people in the regard of the issue of discrimination against colors. The efforts of the courageous activism from these young citizens put the city of Birmingham in center of the nation's attention and forced the city's authorities to acknowledge the degree of seriousness of the Civil Right Movements that can't be ignored.

[@KenstonPowell]

That is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched. Great job. Very informative and moving.

[@ericwonsidler8252]

I'm impressed that students put this together. It is a powerful documentary and I'm not surprised that it won a competition! Kudos to you from another history teacher!

[@johndoe9362]

Eric Wonsidler, Now all across America in integrated schools, black boys intimidate and beat up white boys on a daily basis Then the black boys date the white girls. You are a joke.

[@aarondigby5054]

The 1963 16th St Birmingham church bombing that killed 4 little girls was the worst domestic bombing up to that date a month after the March on Washington. Which was a Farce on Washington. Listen to the House Negro and the Field Negro" by Malcolm X, he explains all of it truthfully. Do anyone know Lorraine Hansbury? She was there before the leaders of the civil rights organizations arrived, she said Kennedy was dissodent when she asked him about women's civil rights, shortly after she just left but it was confirmed by Malcolm X.

[@martinlejeune7699]

A really powerful piece of work and excellent professional standards. Compliments from the UK!

[@sarahalvick5726]

I show this to my 6th graders every year, and I always have students brought to tears. You did a great job!

[@george5120]

You speak as if you take pride in bringing 6th graders to tears. You would be at less risk of losing your job, if you adhered to the core curriculum, so they will be prepared for 7th grade, instead of inflicting psychological trauma.

[@george5120]

@Mackenzie Quinn Which is exactly my point. No need to "bring them to tears". They are children. It is child abuse to do anything that brings a child to tears.

[@tonyanaylor5503]

This is a great video to use in class to show students the true power they have to change their world for the better. We have a generation of kids who feel they have no power and nothing to fight for. This video will at least spark discussion.

[@tdickersonbbcat]

You did an EXCELLENT job! I will be using your video with my students this coming month.

[@ThePurplePillPerspective]

I will be interviewing Carolyn Mull Mckinstry on September 15th. I can’t wait to hear the first hand account of this story.

[@paza1998]

Congratulations, thanks for sharing! That part of history is very important these days!

[@norawaltenburg9553]

This is a beautifully made documentary. Thanks for the great piece of work.

[@jasonrossrealty]

This was very well put together. I applaud your efforts to make sure that American history doesn't get forgotten.

[@candjcoaxum]

This was one of the best on this subject that I have seen. Thank you

[@jackie3529]

I did not expect this video to show the cruelty those in Birmingham of the colored race were facing. Martin Luther King and his followers struggled to gain the same rights that the white race acquired and had a hard time doing so. The use of children was a debatable act, but they were also witnessing the injustices their parents were facing that could not be hidden. Standing up for their rights to make their home a better place for the present and the future paid off. The documentary shows the cruelty they were subjected to, yet they continued with their fight for freedom. Freedom was achieved and so were their rights.

[@shamarone]

nice presentation Miranda, bravo.

[@mrclokehistory]

This is an excellent piece of work. I use it with my classes in the UK and it has real impact. Thank you!

[@Bodymindspiritmusic]

This is extremely shocking. This is an excellent documentary the music and the images really captured the hardships in Birmingham. I am so proud that the children stepped up and decided to march to show the world what injustice they were suffering. Equality and Freedom are rights that everyone should have no matter what race nor color. It was so sad to see the images of the white children following their parents footsteps but i am so glad that there was some good white people. Thanks to the sacrifices the children made our country is no longer segregated. Although, racism is not gone completely i hope that one day it will be.

[@uhleeuh2210]

it's sad because people today are so ignorant and act like none of this stuff happened, although it's not as prominent as it used to be racism still exists.

[@brentonthomas4895]

What is truly sad is black people who hide from it

[@rosefowler6006]

Great documentary! Thanks for making and sharing!

[@MaybeDavid]

Great summary of these momentous events, thank you.

[@moonbeam7702]

I wasn't around in 1963, but I've always said that I was born about 15-20 years too late. I would have loved to been there and seen it all firsthand, but what I see and know of the 1960s civil rights movement really resonates with me. Thank you for creating such a wonderful and powerful documentary :-)

[@sharonp.alexander4971]

I was there personally and saw & felt some of it first hand. I can tell you that those memories are nothing nice. In fact, it is terrifying. Plus, my cousins were actually hosed down & threaten by those dogs. Sometimes I hate that I was even there to witness some of that. I hope I never have to go through that ever again.

[@KelleyLee09]

This documentary has taught me a lot about the civil rights movement. It's very sad to see all these innocent African American teenagers sacrificing their lives to fight for their rights. I give them kudos for their bravery.

[@anhdancer]

This is excellent. I have the documentary, but this captures everything in ten minutes so that I can show it in class. Thank you!

[@sulemaluna1172]

This is an amazing, informational documentary about the amazing things the children in Birmingham helped accomplish. Although, it is upsetting to see what they went through. I cant believe they arrested all those children, its terrible.

[@clementine4133]

Thanks we are all learning and remembering to move forward upward in all consciousness. Thank you to all those that did, are and will continue working for all of us. CIVIL RIGHTS💪🏽

[@mariaignaciaguzman8377]

Amazingly done!

[@juliusjohnson829]

This is amazing. I am in tears people. I can hear the love and concern and empathy in the voices of the narrators. This was so well done. If this did not get an A it deserves an Oscar and every award under the sun. I URGE you to repost this every February. This is a message that the entire country needs to hear and right now only 179,161 people in the entire world have viewed this. Please, continue your efforts, whether they are great or small to teach fellow human beings how to love with every inch in their heart. Love is the only thing that can drive out hate. Thank you again! Please check your inbox.

[@johndoe9362]

Julius Johnson, Why are you begging white men for integration?

[@michelej9496]

​@@johndoe9362why does he think this taught the wicked to love?🤨

[@honorgirl5]

this is a very well put together documentary that captures this time period very well. the pictures helped tell this sad story very effectively.

[@angelapotato4756]

This is sad they risked their lives for *freedom...*

[@johnturner2946]

So did a lot of white people risk their lives for blacks.

[@sgtJOOSEcapeS]

@@johnturner2946 those are allies 10 whitefolks and 1000 blackfolks don't really compare

[@sgtJOOSEcapeS]

@@johnturner2946 whitefolks where humility alongside the BLACKS ...

[@johnturner2946]

@@sgtJOOSEcapeS From the underground railroads, safe house's, freedom rider's those whites that stood with blacks during protest, only 10 whites stuck their neck out there to help the blacks since Abraham Lincoln ? Probably more like 10 thousand.

[@sgtJOOSEcapeS]

@@johnturner2946 I knew it was gone come out soon or later... I was bout to type my words but had to read it again and then comes your comments

[@julisagarcia9838]

It is an excellent documentary and also a memorable one. The vivid images of the young children sacrifices for freedom and justice is just a heart moving. The story of Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 is clear and detailed redacted. It is overall a great documentary, the images and music are the right ones. Even though, it event took place a few decades ago it is still inspiring and heart moving.

[@sunnyyang7912]

Such a great video, brought me to tears towards the end. Every time I hear about segregation and desegregation back in the days of American civil right movements, I'm just so thankful for all their hard work and ethics which was a dramatic change in what we see today.

[@Mojoy2u]

Awesome. Thank you for this!

[@pinetuck42]

My grandad worked downtown in birmingham during the Civil rights movement and he told me a story that makes me tear every time. He was standing in the stairwell and he looked out the window down to the streets and saw the police shooting fire hoses at the African Americans. He felt so bad because they were getting beaten back and mistreated and he couldn't do anything but stand there and watch.

[@ThePurplePillPerspective]

I will be interviewing Carolyn Mull Mckinstry on September 15th. I can’t wait. Thank you for this video. 🦾

[@princessbeautyfire]

This is great! I will use it with my ESL students in Berkeley and Oakland, California. Thank you!

[@MrTvareshoward]

great documentary important part of American history.

[@kyraocity]

4:28 Girls struttin on the front line of the protest together in a musical gesture.

[@theseageek]

I can still remember seeing one of these documentaries when I was in high school. Undeniably this is one of the most remarkable movements in American History. It is hardly believable that a nation which symbolizes freedom and justice had also possessed racism. Even though I was not physically present in this period of time but from the depiction in this documentary I can feel the injustice and discrimination that African Americans suffered during the CRM. Indeed this is a very educational documentary with deep meanings.

[@gwenedwards4464]

My students are reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham. It enabled them to place the novel in a historical context in a meaningful and engaging manner.

[@jaylenbey3575]

This video brings the feeling of hope for our future .Society has yet to change . Police brutality and racism still exist however we can be the voice for community to stop the violence and hate amongst each other.

[@michelej9496]

Voices don't stop abuse, brutality, murder, action does. If it did there would be peace and goodwill towards men millenniums ago.

[@michellewilson8243]

this documentary made me start to cry because of the way they treated the African Americans because I am one

[@johnturner2946]

No need to fret, it's not like that anymore today.

[@john-zf8ig]

@@johnturner2946 it is

[@johnturner2946]

@@john-zf8ig How do you figure ? Give me an example.

[@piercedublin892]

@@johnturner2946 really

[@johnturner2946]

@@piercedublin892 No, I'm joking. Yes really. I'm white I can't see what's in your head.

[@shelbyyu3770]

It shows me the history of African American and the hardship of them living in America. And they try their best for getting equality and freedom for themselves. It is still important for us to know about the social significance of this. A lots of scene make me cry; make me feel sad about the African American’s hardship, and inspire me of even it is hard but still they are not giving up easily.

[@washum54]

My oldest sister is on her demonstrating for her civil rights I'm proud of you sis love you much.?

[@starr99]

Beautiful documentary! Thank you! Sharing now.

[@uugh_jullv]

Had to watch this for class ☠️😭

[@crabletheking2356]

Beutiful piece hurry do another i love this❤❤❤❤

[@Huddie400]

Excellent! I am very impressed!

[@efezy1215]

I'm not impressed because something like this should have never happened on us soil

[@aquanitayancey8691]

Excellent!!

[@esperanzaaguilar7515]

This is very sad to watch but it isn't anything new for me because throughout high school and middle school all my history books discussed about all the horrible situations African American people had to go through. Watching this video with all these images just makes me place myself during that time and makes me wonder how would I have reacted or would I be to scared to act. To see how much we have progresses is great but I think that African American should have not even had to go through that we are all human and deserve to live the same way that anyone else. This events and other events that have happened through out history is what motivated me to continue my education so I can become a lawyer and help the least fortunate and if I have to stand in court to fight for someone's right I will.

[@REALSOUL4]

Esperanza Aguilar "GOD" bless you!! I'm from Birmingham, Alabama and I lived through this, in the 60's...to hear your words that you have empathy for another human being, brought joy to my heart. Good luck to you in your schooling and becoming a lawyer!

[@natashachange6770]

God bless you......And may all your DREAMS COME TRUE.......4EVER.

[@miguelsmith1505]

your thoughts of how you would react or would I be scared to act are valid reflections. Often time people meant well but didn't act. I'm not quite sure if they didn't act because they were unwilling to risk their lives for someone outside of their race or if it was out of pure apathy. If it was apathy, that makes perfect sense because apathy is one of the main contributors to social, economic, and political injustice in our nations.

[@fred428cj6]

Great Documentary

[@raquelbarnes435]

I watched a longer video of this in one of my classes and there was a. 4 year old in jail a 4 year old that’s incredible

[@kylelowry1521]

Yeag

[@servyserva]

Wow this is just so educational I didn’t learn about Birmingham in our school. This is such in inspiration video

[@jeroldredic8465]

Great job on the video. I'm born 09-15-1963

[@DatGirlAlicia]

We are these children generations!

[@kyraocity]

5:13 Still image of a young girl being arrested and taken to jail by two cops on either side. In the background the marquee above a movie theater reads "Suspense ! Excitement ! Susan Hayward i/n Backstreet and Damn the Defiant" #youcanmakethisshitup 5:18 another still image of 7 black girls, some tall, and a small black boy, protesting in a line as they pass a television camera apparatus (or so it seems).

[@chucktingstad5636]

I noticed that movie marque too!

[@spaghettihead9383]

HATRED IS WORSE THAN CANCER.

[@dwatson3526]

I have a hatred for cancer

[@beaniecool]

Loved that you used Sweet Honey in the Rock’s music!

[@murmz916]

Very informative, I learned a lot

[@estefanyrodriguez2291]

It is crazy to me how life was back then & how it is now. Although black peoples lives are not as bad as they were before they still are. They are not free yet although they are told they are, this is the same with all minorities we are told we are free but we really are not. It brings chills to my body to watch this because it is very sad, majority of my friends are african american & have family that had to live in this mess. I am very proud of the children for stepping up & trying to make a change,the need for change was obvious and someone had to step up. Although many lives were lost, not many stood around & let segregation happen but some actually decided to do something about it, which I'm very happy to see in this video.

[@Acin8sss]

Great review

[@tjj5337]

It’s sad they don’t teach what happened in history class

[@mccallprincess]

this is very good I love it thanks so much

[@WokenKon]

1:19 I love the detail when it says "bombingham" where in the actual name birmingham whats called that because of the amount of bombs that hit the town.

[@kim24may]

thanks 4 posting

[@uoaeioeuiau]

violence makes people afraid. non-violence makes things change. Brave people!!

[@williammanser]

It still has a long way to go.

[@williammanser]

LOL - I cant imagine how you have come to those conclusions. I am fairly sure you don't know what racism is. Let me guess that you are from somewhere is the middle of the country :)

[@Gobot1982]

William Manser No, black people are awesome. Great people. Wonderful. They have no problems whatsoever. No greed, racism, selfishness, hatred. Black people are the best! Is that what you want to hear, loser?

[@williammanser]

Kenneth Roberson By definition, a black person could not be a racist. Though you are far too twisted and crazy to discuss this with.

[@jeanlafitte9554]

Birmingham is my home town and to the very core of my 1953 white existence, I hate bigotry and injustice. My super heroes are those who have stood up against injustice.

[@kathytrinidad3719]

Poor kids 😢😢😢😭😭😭

[@hmongspartan21]

Very sad video but also informative and vivid. I felt really bad for the kids who marched and were attacked by the police officers; what happened to those kids were just too cruel. Although it was sad, I cant say that I got emotionally affected because I've seen many videos back in high school about the cruelty and racism during the Civil Rights movement.

[@fayedant5887]

Awesome

[@caracasboogie]

"No more"..."Please Most High extract your vengeance." - year 2020

[@itz._angieeeee]

I had one tear

[@graceface10timeslolz]

so sad. no more ...

[@ecksluss]

SaharaDesertFire was it her?

[@JohnDoe-bz3ci]

I loved that, on Double D-Day, the firemen refused to follow orders from Bull Conner. I wonder how many of them lost their jobs because of it.

[@Stlwartheart14]

i heard that some of the kids brought their bathing suits on double d day some of these kids know how to live

[@cammyruez3667]

We have come a long way ..

[@tashain3699]

And still have a long way to go.

[@trysimmahdownk2060]

WOW just WOW...

[@model-man7802]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 bless their pure souls

[@BIG_PASTA]

Thanks! :)

[@Ffay011]

so sad and painful!!!!

[@nikiahandy4403]

Is there a full documentary ?

[@ohshit109powercorrupts]

I'm visiting birmingham al right now. It is amazing. The walk downtown is filled with plaques and signs of the civil rights movement. But black residents tell me the city is still steeped in prejudice. Two of my black friends recounted incidences of white people downtown intentionally trying to run them over as they walked. The entire downtown area is filled with white people. Especially the fancy downtown area. No blacks other than janitors are employed in them. The downtown area (the money area) has a very Deep South feel to it. It's very white. Blacks aren't tolerated.

[@deadpoet5260]

This got me crying

[@118Columbus]

4:43 the narrator uses the term "Paddy wagon". The documentary is about racial and ethnic equality. Ironically, "Paddy wagon" is an anti-Irish ethnic slur.

[@TheAnn2shoes]

Yes but cut them a little slack, they obviously didn't realise and it's a really good little film.

[@mirandajessop7543]

The term was used in the documentary only in reference to the automobiles used to transport the children when they were arrested. It was not used to refer to a person or group of people, and was not meant to degrade anyone. We used the term because that was what our primary sources called the cars. Thank you for watching our video!

[@onlyceltic1]

onlyceltic1 And to your attempt to induce "anger" from the Irish section? I'm Irish and I'm not offended - I know a word to be a word, period, the name of something.

[@MizzKru]

onlyceltic1 you tried what? Who betrayed you ? You dont hate who?

[@ebcutiepie]

I can tell you that I'm 40 and never knew this.

[@MzLezz924]

This is very sad but an important part of black american history. Let this important segment from our past be known to the world. This is what our country is trying to hide from us...but let it be known...Thank God for MLK he was a true civil rights warrior fighting for peace, social justice & equality for all ❤

[@RubyCollinsTV]

Thank you for this vid... I will be doing a presentation on the music of the civil rights music and this video will be just the video needed to make this the best presentation ever... thank you. Love you.

[@nohahaful]

Great sources!!

[@Gerlor07]

Wow it is quite sad to see how harsh people were treated. Being a minority and fighting for what is right is so brutal. So many were killed and few were injured and yet the majority is still going to look down.

[@sheltv100]

Just think about what happened on Charleston, SC yesterday. It's no different.

[@markydjh1]

This was / is happening in my life time ...... Ashamed . USA get a grip we are all one people

[@raymondcortez6373]

markydjh1 tell that to white supremacists

[@lu-chan1745]

markydjh1 Only if we have more people like you...

[@yodaless_]

Anyone here from Mr. Teague's American Literature class? (Class of 2019)

[@owenmaines1625]

I am just doing this for a school assignment 😂

[@JosephConcerned]

As a northern white man, I am so proud of what the blacks did during the civil rights movement to do what they did.

[@jhonnycaicedo5647]

because they had a leader who cared for them, not for money or political gain, because they united and were able to exchange comfort for a cause and most important of all God was with them

[@JosephConcerned]

Yes, God was definitely on their side and Satan was on the side of the persecutors. I'm glad things are better for all now, and another thing I'm glad for is for those who overcame their persecuting, prejudice mind set. There was nothing divine about the persecution at all. The spirit was based on hate, jealousy, spite, and selfishness. It's amazing to me how we could have ever been that way. But it was that way at other points in history as well, like Nazi Germany. Strange to me how it is the majority (white man) who causes all the trouble. I guess that is because the white man thought he had all the power and didn't want to share it. What do you think?

[@isaiahgilbert6458]

I feel like this is very similar to what is happening in our world now a days.

[@CuriosityFilms]

This is an amazingly well-written and beautifully edited documentary. May I use this with my 6th grade students? I'd ask permission to replace 3:25:18 to 3:28:28 with another image of a child in a KKK outfit to mask the lynching photograph. I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing that image with 11 year olds. This is the image I would use for roughly 3 seconds: starrtrekking.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/kidkkknash1956.png?w=640

[@mirandajessop7543]

Thank you for watching our documentary! Yes, please feel free to share it with your students, and to replace the lynching photograph. We hope your 6th grade class is inspired by the example of these brave children.

[@CuriosityFilms]

Thank you! I am so amazed at this project. I'm a project based learning teacher. This makes me smile that you worked so hard on this. What was your motivation for this? Did you have help finding the archival images and film? What kind of class was this produced for? History? Filmmaking? Are you pursuing filmmaking as a career option? You've got a good start here. :)

[@mirandajessop7543]

Actually, this documentary was the result of past class projects. Many of our (my brother's and my) history teachers in junior high and high school encouraged us to enter in the National History Day competition, which is an amazing opportunity for students to create a documentary, website, exhibit, paper, or theater performance about a topic of their choice that relates to the competition's theme, which changes every year. The theme the year we made this documentary was "turning points in history." I believe this year's theme is "conflict and compromise in history." More information is available on the National History Day website, of course, which is nhd.org. I can tell you from personal experience that this is one of the greatest project-based learning opportunities a student can have. It allows the student to learn important research, writing, and analytical skills and gives them a chance to emotionally connect to a historical topic of their choice. We found all of the archival images and film ourselves. Today, I am a History Teaching major working in broadcasting (for the moment, anyway), but my skill set really originated with projects like this one because they put me in a position where I could experiment with research techniques, different kinds of sources, and various interpretations of history.

[@mr.buttermlg2457]

nice history project 5 stars