The rise and fall of Jim Crow / a co-production of Quest Productions, VideoLine Productions and Thirteen/WNET New York.
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.
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Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
[2004?] ©2002.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (224 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
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.