Influential Civil Rights Movies and Shows

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, check out some of the most powerful civil rights stories ever put to screen.

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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
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Malcolm X
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Eyes on the Prize
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Do the Right Thing
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12 Years a Slave
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13th
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Hidden Figures
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Selma
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BlacKkKlansman
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The Hate U Give
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
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Detroit
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American History X
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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MLK/FBI
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Gandhi
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Fruitvale Station
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Hotel Rwanda
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Blindspotting
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When They See Us
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Just Mercy
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Green Book
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