Law and Society
Video Resources
Video 1: Fight Against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)
Description: Gambian activist, Jaha Dukureh, is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced child marriage. As UN Women’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, she is committed to ending FGM by mobilizing youth and raising awareness of these harmful practices with other activists around the world.
Video 2: Separate and Unequal
Description: Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, school segregation is making a comeback. What’s behind the growing racial divide in American schools — and what’s the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education?
Video 3: What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement
Description: As a member of both the African American and LGBT communities, filmmaker Yoruba Richen is fascinated with the overlaps and tensions between the gay rights and the civil rights movements. She explores how the two struggles intertwine and propel each other forward — and, in an unmissable argument, she dispels a myth about their points of conflict. It is a powerful reminder that we all have a stake in equality.