With the U.S. House of Representatives poised to apologize for slavery and its legacy -- Jim Crow -- we decided to pull together a collection of scenes from seven great movies that deal with those subjects.
Gene Hackman Stands up to the KKK in "Missippi Burning"
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=Te9Qk83fDsE
See the other six after the jump...
Denzel Washington Explains the Origin of 'Lynching' in "The Great Debaters"
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=8-ORiYP3O9g
Sidney Poitier Lets Loose the Slap Felt 'Round the World in "In the Heat of the Night"
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=7LsoG2H_aek
Sobering Images from Jim Crow in the 2006 Doc "Banished" (NY Times: "Stunning")
And a trailer for the film
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=ARj_6SbjsXA
Gregory Peck Rails Against Racism in the Courts in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=nTR62RLCZ-A
Sidney Poitier Rages Against Black-Held Segregationist Views in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=opuEwG0jCPA
Levar Burton Gets Whipped into Submission in "Roots"
Or a longer version
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=Dlfc7B1f_pM
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