We Stand at the Crossroads / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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Alive with the music of Mahalia Jackson and Muddy Waters, this episode describes how rural people blended into Chicago's urban culture. In the 1950s, there were abundant jobs in the stockyards and steel mills and they adapted easily to life on the assembly line. But the dream of the promised land wa...

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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., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Alive with the music of Mahalia Jackson and Muddy Waters, this episode describes how rural people blended into Chicago's urban culture. In the 1950s, there were abundant jobs in the stockyards and steel mills and they adapted easily to life on the assembly line. But the dream of the promised land was turning sour. The South Side of Chicago - home for most of the black Americans - had turned into notorious ghetto and was now a ticking time bomb with teenagers forming gangs, while Mayor Daley buried his head in the sand.
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)