Film
The Vernon Johns Story [1994]

An adaptation of the life and times of Dr. Vernon Johns, ⁣the Pastor who preceded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the head of the congregation at ⁣ Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. ⁣ In Stride Toward Freedom, his memoir of the Montgomery bus boycott, King described Johns as “a brilliant preacher with a creative mind” and “a fearless man, [who] never allowed an injustice to come to his attention without speaking out against it” (King, 38). King found an example in Johns, a preacher who was able to use his religious position in the community to challenge his congregation to be less provincial.

⁣The Speeches of Malcolm X [VHS]

⁣THE OPEN MIND | EPISODE| Race Relations in Crisis
11 June 1963

Moderator: Richard D. Heffner
Discussion Participants: Malcolm X, Wyatt Tee Walker, Alan Morrison and James Farmer

Mhenga Malcolm X
Excerpts of Various Speeches

Mhenga Malcolm X
Collection of Excerpts of Speeches and Interviews

Film

Lumumba [2000]

Portrayal of the Life and Assassination of ⁣Patrice Émery Lumumba [1925 - 1961], the first Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Documentary
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

⁣Documentary


Capitaine Thomas Sankara [2012]




⁣A portrait comprised of material from the archives of Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. Through his desire to liberate his country and transform his fellow citizens' way of thinking by questioning the world order and challenging the authority of those with power at that time, he made a mark on both African history.

Two Speeches by Mhenga Thomas Sankara

Documentary
⁣Malcolm X: His Own Story as It Really Happened [1972]