Iconic Images of the Civil Rights
Movement of the ‘60s
Juxtaposed with Images from
Planet of the Apes, 1968
. . . but some
are more equal
than others.
What other possible symbolic
connections did you see?
Images:
Slides #2-15:
2) http://boywithgrenade.org/tag/civil-rights
3) http://mcgarnagle.com/page/19/?app-download=nokia
4) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6832941/ns/us_news-life/t/tape-reveals-jfk-fumingover-civil-rights/
5) http://planetoftheapes.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968)
6) http://madamenoire.com/tag/civil-rights-movement/
7) http://www.screeninsults.com/planet-of-the-apes.php
8) http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/naacp-youth
9) http://wyatts-classics.blogspot.com/2012/01/planet-of-apes-1-through-5-frank.html
10) http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2012/04/king-to-martin-in-reverse-20-years.html
11) http://pyxurz.blogspot.com/2011/11/planet-of-apes-page-2-of-7.html and
http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html
12) http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2009/02/perceptions-facinghistory.html
13) http://deepfocusfilms.weebly.com/planet-of-the-apes-prejudices.html
14) http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4126/bronx-museum-revisits-the-civilrights-movement
15) http://pyxurz.blogspot.com/2011/11/planet-of-apes-page-5-of-7.html
Images:
Slides #16-28:
16) http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/little-rock-nine-elizabeth-hazelmargolick/
17) http://www.empireonline.com/forum/tm.asp?m=3194503
18)http://www.scetv.org/index.php/press/release/freedom_songs_the_music_of_the_c
ivil_rights_movement_airs_on_etv/
19) http://www.soundonsight.org/10-great-classic-sci-fi-flicks-you-may-have-neverheard-of/
20) http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/ethel-rosenberg/
21) http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/art31940
22) http://pyxurz.blogspot.com/2011/11/planet-of-apes-page-5-of-7.html
23) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7332976.stm
24) http://deepfocusfilm2.weebly.com/planet-of-the-apes-prejudices.html
25) http://carpetbaggersjournal.com/tag/mississippi/
26) http://pyxurz.blogspot.com/2011/11/planet-of-apes-page-5-of-7.html
27) http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html
28) http://floridapiehealthandfitness.blogspot.com/2012/04/planet-of-apes-1968-part2-more-hidden.html