The Best Activists & Changemakers Documentaries

People & Biography - 10 free documentaries about activists & changemakers.

Start with Make the World Greta Again - Time's 2019 Person of the Year (34 min, VICE), then Remembering MLK Jr.: Legacy of Courage and Inspiration (46 min, Real Stories). All 10 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on activists & changemakers is The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley.

• Make the World Greta Again - Time's 2019 Person of the Year (34 min, VICE)
• Remembering MLK Jr.: Legacy of Courage and Inspiration | Dr. Martin Luther King: Enough is Enough (46 min, Real Stories)
• Rosa Parks: A Global Icon Who Stood Up To Tyranny (22 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Why Arkansas Chose Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash for Statues in the U.S. Capitol (58 min, PBS)
• Vanessa Williams Unlocks Her Ancestry With A Rare Civil War Photo | Who Do You Think You Are? (38 min, Real Stories)
• Martin Luther King's Incredible Legacy | People Who Made The 20th Century (50 min, Absolute History)
• Clarence Darrow and Pacifism (9 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Honoring The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (11 min, Wavelength)
• Two Cities: A Portrait of Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika (13 min, Darius Clark Monroe)
• Bayard & Me (16 min, Super Deluxe)

Top-Rated Books About Activists & Changemakers

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley - View on Amazon
4. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. - View on Amazon