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

More Angry Than Afraid

Published: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.

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Sweet Home Chicago

Published: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.

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The Walls of Jericho

Published: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.

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