| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Julian Bond. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a special presentation of American Experience television program in 1986. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) : Focuses on the right to vote. Tells how the black citizens who had been denied the right to vote stepped forward and demanded a place in the political process. Medgar Evers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and others, died trying to help them. Shows the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the 1964 Democratic Party Convention. |
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Bridge to freedom (1965) : When civil rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were assaulted by police, national outrage over the brutality led to President Johnson providing the protection of federal troops, and ultimately to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
| Note |
Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Profiles; Primary source and graphs; Downloadable study guide. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Suffrage -- History -- 20th century.
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Segregation -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary -- Television special.
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| Added Author |
Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998.
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Bond, Julian, 1940-2015.
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Blackside, Inc.
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PBS Video.
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| Added Title |
Mississippi : is this America? (1962-1964) |
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Bridge to freedom (1965) |
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American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793692571 (v. 3) |
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9780793692576 (v. 3) |
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0793692628 (set) |
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9780793692620 (set) |
| Standard No. |
841887007634 (set) |
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841887007580 (v.3) |
| Music No. |
EYES700 PBS Video (set) |
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EYES703 PBS Video (v.3) |
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