| Description |
1 videodisc (224 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of a 2002 television production. |
| Credits |
Producers, Sam Pollard (ep. 1, 4), Richard Wormser (ep. 2, 4), Bill Jersey (ep. 3-4) ; directors, Bill Jersey (ep. 1, 3-4), Richard Wormser (ep. 2, 4) : writers, Bill Jersey (ep. 1, 3-4), Richard Wormser (2, 4) ; narrator, Richard Roundtree ; series producer, Richard Wormser ; music, Christopher Rife, Michael Bacon ; editors, Garrett Levin, Tom Hanake, Max Salomon, Pierre Valette ; director of photography, Brian Dowley. |
| Summary |
Offers the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. This definitive four-part series documents the context in which the laws of segregation known as the "Jim Crow" system originated and developed. |
| Contents |
Program 1. Promises betrayed (1865-1896) : Whites pass laws to segregate and disenfranchise African Americans ; Ida B. Wells and Booker T. Washington lead struggles for justice -- Program 2. Fighting back (1896-1917) : Black America's new middle class faces increasing white violence ; W.E.B. DuBois joins the NAACP -- Program 3. Don't shout too soon (1917-1940) : Returning Black WWI soldiers intensify calls for justice ; Charles Hamilton Houston wins the first Supreme Court victory -- Program 4. Terror and triumph (1940-1954) : Intense white violence will not stop triumphant freedom fighters ; The Brown v. Board of Education launches the civil rights movement. |
| Awards |
Winner of the Peabody Award and the IDA Achievement Award, 2003. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Segregation -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Southern States -- Race relations.
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Segregation -- Southern States -- History.
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Segregation -- Law and legislation -- Southern States.
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Racism -- Southern States.
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Civil rights movements.
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Documentary television programs.
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| Added Author |
Pollard, Sam.
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Jersey, Bill.
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Wormser, Richard, 1933-
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Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023.
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Quest Productions.
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VideoLine (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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