Equal rights under law : desegregation in America.

This title consists of eight 29-minute programs that paint a vivid portrait of the struggle to end de jure segregation and recount the fight for full citizenship for all Americans.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Philip Morris Incorporated
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Radio America, [1990?]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Segregation > United States > History.
Equality before the law > United States.
Physical Description:4 audiocassettes (116 min.)
Format: Cassette Audio
Contents:
  • Program One. Plessy v. Ferguson; Segregaton ; Roosevelt & Truman ; Voting rights ; Black communities ; Emmett Till
  • Program Two. Black schools ; Howard Law School ; The courts; Prelude to Brown ; Montgomery bus boycott ; Turning point
  • Program Three. Jim Crow ; Separate and Unequal ; Charles Hamilton Houston ; Brown v. Board of Education ; Reactions to Brown
  • Program Four. Resistance to Desegregation ; States' rights ; School desegregation ; Legacy of the Warren Court ; Meaning of the Brown decision
  • Program Five. The Crisis at Little Rock -Part I
  • Program Six. The Crisis at Little Rock- Part II ; Ole Miss; University of Alabama
  • Program Seven. Sit-ins ; SNCC ; Freedom Rides ; Albany Movement; Birmingham ; March on Washington ; Freedom Vote ; Murder in Mississippi ; Civil Rights Act ; Selma ; Voting Rights Act ; Dr. King
  • Program Eight ; Looking Back ; Future Challenge.