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Discover the stories of extraordinary women who helped shape the civil and human rights movements.
Discover the powerful stories of Fannie Lou Hamer, Elaine Brown, Ella Baker, Dolores Huerta and Yuri Kochiyama — extraordinary women whose courage, intellect and activism helped shape the course of the civil and human rights movements in America.
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Preview: 2/27/2026 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the powerful stories of Fannie Lou Hamer, Elaine Brown, Ella Baker, Dolores Huerta and Yuri Kochiyama — extraordinary women whose courage, intellect and activism helped shape the course of the civil and human rights movements in America.
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How to Watch Of the People: Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Of the People: Women of the Civil Rights Movement is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
- [Ella] We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.
- [Protesters] We make waves!
We make waves!
- [Speaker] We are political prisoners, all power to the people.
- It's now time for America to wake up.
- [Speaker] Revolution.
Revolution is not a spectator sport.
- [Speaker] Silence is a noise, too.
(ominous droning)
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