Ida B. Wells : a passion for justice / a film by William Greaves ; writer, William Greaves ; producers, William Greaves, Louise Archambault ; executive producer, Judy Crichton ; a production of William Greaves Productions, Inc. for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen.

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Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American journalist and activist who protested lynchings, the treatment of Afro-American soldiers, and other forms of racism and injustice toward black Americans around the turn of the century. Her involvement in the women's suffrage movement is als...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: William Greaves Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Greaves, William (Screenwriter, Film producer)
Archambault, Louise (Film producer)
Crichton, Judy (Film producer)
McCullough, David G. (Host)
Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012 (Narrator)
Winter, Gary (Film editor)
Pantzer, Jerry (Cinematographer)
Doob, Nick (Cinematographer)
Wang, Juliana (Cinematographer)
Moore, Kermit (composer (expression))
Morrison, Toni (Performer)
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2004]
Subjects:
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., > 1862-1931.
African American journalists > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
African American women political activists > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > History > 1877-1964.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
African American women > Biography.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
Lynching > United States > History.
Women > Suffrage > United States > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
African American journalists.
African American women.
African American women civil rights workers.
African American women political activists.
African American women social reformers.
African Americans.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Civil rights workers.
Lynching.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
Racism.
Women > Suffrage.
United States.
To 1964
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Biographies.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Passion for justice
Format: Video DVD

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