The Long Walk to Freedom is a 30-minute documentary and interactive DVD about how 12 ordinary people from different racial and economic backgrounds came to accomplish deeds which changed the face of the nation.Together with tens of thousands of other Americans they joined the Civil Rights Movement to protest racial inequality, segregation, and discrimination in the 1960s.
The film demonstrates that the struggle of civil rights, justice, and equality is indeed a long walk an ongoing challenge requiring the participation of successive generations. It shows how ordinary people can get involved in social change.
Participants in The Long Walk to Freedom include: Robert Allen, Frances M. Beal, Janet Clinger, Bettie Mae Fikes, Jon Fromer, Matt Herron, Philip Hutchings, Yuri Kochiyama, Carlos Munoz Jr., Wazir Peacock, Eleanor Walden, and Reverend Cecil Williams
