African-American Lives : Listening to Our Past / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Listening to our Past is a piecing together of the family histories of four of the series participants. The episode explores the post-World War I "Great Migration" of African-Americans from the South to northern cities like Detroit and Chicago, as well as those who stayed in the South during the per...
| Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
African American lives. |
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], ©2005.
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
African American lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (54 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
| Variant Title: |
Listening to Our Past |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
Contents:
- Ellis Island (1:52)
- Introduction (2:38)
- Oprah (2:15)
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (1:49)
- Bishop Jakes (1:52)
- Ernest Jakes and the Great Migration (1:59)
- Quincy Jones (2:07)
- Quincy Jones's mother (1:41)
- Costs of Moving North (1:13)
- Oprah's Formative Years (2:56)
- Chris Tucker (2:49)
- T.D. Jakes: Tragedy and Inspiration (2:09)
- T.D. Jakes' Search for Meaning (1:03)
- Oprah's Hell (2:27)
- Oprah Winfrey and her Father (3:14)
- Quincy Jones's Childhood (2:16)
- Chris Tucker's Grandfather (2:08)
- Elmor Winfrey (2:35)
- Murder of Bishop Jakes' Grandfather (3:12)
- Flat Rock (1:54)
- Buying Land (1:39)
- Visiting the Land (1:58)
- Keeping Flat Rock Together (1:48)
- The Importance of Heritage (1:44)