The Searchers: Screening Civil Rights 

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Conclusions

In this page, I'll discuss the larger implications of my arguments, concentrating on how the film both reflected and shaped mainstream responses to the Civil Rights movement.

Ethan, Marty, and Look from The Searchers
 

The Searchers poster
Photo of John Wayne from The Searchers
French-language poster of The Searchers
 

 
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