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
4
Malcolm X
4
Eyes on the Prize
4.8
Do the Right Thing
3.9
12 Years a Slave
4
13th
4
Hidden Figures
3.7
Selma
3.6
BlacKkKlansman
3.6
The Hate U Give
3.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
4.3
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
2.6
Detroit
3.5
American History X
4.2
To Kill a Mockingbird
4.3
MLK/FBI
3.4
Gandhi
4.1
Fruitvale Station
3.5
Hotel Rwanda
3.9
Blindspotting
3.9
When They See Us
4.3
Just Mercy
4
Green Book
4