| Description |
4 videocassettes (56 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Note |
Videocassette release of a 2002 television production. |
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VHS format. |
| Credits |
Producers, Sam Pollard (ep. 1, 4), Richard Wormser (ep. 2, 4), Bill Jersey (ep. 3-4) ; directors, Bill Jersey (ep. 1, 3-4), Richard Wormser (ep. 2, 4) : writers, Bill Jersey (ep. 1, 3-4), Richard Wormser (2, 4) ; narrator, Richard Roundtree ; series producer, Richard Wormser ; music, Christopher Rife, Michael Bacon ; editors, Garrett Levin, Tom Hanake, Max Salomon, Pierre Valette ; director of photography, Brian Dowley. |
| Summary |
Offers the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. This definitive four-part series documents the context in which the laws of segregation known as the "Jim Crow" system originated and developed. |
| Subjects |
African Americans -- Segregation -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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Segregation -- Southern States -- History.
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Segregation -- Law and legislation -- Southern States.
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Racism -- Southern States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Southern States -- Race relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs. |
| Other Author |
Pollard, Sam.
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Jersey, Bill.
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Wormser, Richard, 1933-
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Grant, William (William R.)
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Roundtree, Richard.
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Quest Productions.
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VideoLine (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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| Contents |
v. 1. Promises betrayed (1865-1896) -- . 2. Fighting back (1896-1917) -- v. 3. Don't shout too soon (1917-1940) -- v. 4. Terror and triumph (1940-1954). |
| OCLC # |
50901032 |
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