More Angry Than Afraid / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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This program is a look through the eyes of migrant families at Chicago's turbulent events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. President Johnson's Great Society plan was supposed to alleviate black poverty. But the plan had only boosted the growth of black ghettos. Black citizens cried out against pat...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Promised Land (New York, N.Y.)
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [1996]
Series:Films on Demand.
Promised Land (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Migrations.
Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This program is a look through the eyes of migrant families at Chicago's turbulent events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. President Johnson's Great Society plan was supposed to alleviate black poverty. But the plan had only boosted the growth of black ghettos. Black citizens cried out against paternalistic city politics and racially exclusionary laws.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 16, 2016)