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Children of the Civil Rights

No one knew the Oklahoma kids were heroes, not even the kids themselves.

2015•57m•7.0/10
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For six years, a group of kids went into restaurants and asked for service. It never got violent, it never made national news, but these kids desegregated every restaurant in Oklahoma City except one before the 1964 Civil Rights Act was made into law. Children of the Civil Rights, a documentary film, shares their six year odyssey to freedom. This is a story about the strength of youth.

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Production

Clifford Creations, Binary Recording Studio

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

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Bob Bruosseau

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Bob Clifford

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Sue Clifford

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John Lewis

John Lewis

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Steve Delaney

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