Core eGuider: Drew Blatman
Filmmaker, Sunset Television
The Houston Civil Rights Movement
Docs & Non-Fiction (Cultural, Politics), Viral (Time Capsule)[6:39, from Vimeo]
Back in the heat of the civil rights movement, a group of TSU students held sit-ins in local cafeterias. These were the first of their kind in Houston and brought both praise and violent retaliation. Surprisingly, these protests are rarely spoken of, which makes this video all the more interesting.