Any Place But Here / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

After reconstruction, white Americans began to take political and civil rights from black citizens. The first episode sets the historical scene, examining the politics, poverty and aspirations that motivated millions to escape from near slavery and segregation in Mississippi for Chicago, which promi...

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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:	Racism > United States. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 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., 5 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Any Place But Here: Introduction (2:05)
Mississippi Delta (2:23)
Sharecroppers (3:10)
Rural Life in the Deep South (3:32)
Cultivating Culture (3:12)
Defining Crop (2:09)
Larceny, Dishonesty, and Chicanery (3:41)
Mississippi Flood (3:12)
Baptist Churches (3:59)
Separation of the Races (2:30)
Jim Crow (2:13)
Black Communities (2:42)
Violence in the Gambling House (2:25)
"When You're White, You're Right" (2:40)
Black/White Relationship (3:18)
Celebrating Joe Louis (1:48)
Giving Offense (3:04)
Credits: Any Place But Here: The Promised Land (1:12)