Passing the Torch to America's Youth: The Official Trailer and Movie Website

Passing the Torch goes beyond the 'heroes approach' to the Civil Rights Movement. From 1963-65, protests were held in Selma to shed light on the issues of voting rights, or lack thereof, for African-Americans in the Black Belt Region. The movement was not about one man and one mission, but about people who, once having a taste of freedom and equality refused to be starved of it any longer. This film is about the people of Selma, Alabama telling their story; primarily the youth of Selma whose collective conscious couldn't allow themselves, their parents or their families to remain second-class citizens a single moment longer. Throughout the 60's, students in colleges, high schools, and even elementary grades, were often the unsung heroes - boycotting, sitting in, being arrested, beaten and even killed. These brave children played a dynamic role in the Civil Rights Movement — succeeding in ways their parents could not and effectively changing the public view of life in the Jim Crow South.