| Description |
1 videodisc (224 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Credits |
Narrator, Richard Roundtree; music, Christopher Rife, Michael Bacon ; editors, Garrett Levin, Tom Hanake, Max Salomon, Pierre Valette, Aaron Butler ; director of photography, Brian Dowley. |
| Note |
Originally produced for television in 2002. |
| Funding |
Major funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Program 1. Promises betrayed (1865-1896) / produced by Sam Pollard ; story by Richard Wormser ; telescript by Bill Jersey ; directed by Bill Jersey -- pr. 2. Fighting back (1896-1917) / written, directed & produced by Richard Wormser -- pr. 3. Don't shout too soon (1917-1940) / produced by Bill Jersey ; written and directed by Bill Jersey -- pr. 4. Terror and triumph (1940-1954) / produced by Bill Jersey, Richard Wormser, Sam Pollard ; written and directed by Bill Jersey, Richard Wormser. |
| Awards |
Winner of the Peabody Award and the IDA Achievement Award, 2003. -- www.newsreel.org |
| Performer |
Narrator, Richard Roundtree. |
| Language |
In English ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Segregation -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs -- History.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- History.
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History.
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Segregation -- Southern States -- History.
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Segregation -- Law and legislation -- Southern States -- History.
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Racism -- Southern States -- History.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Grant, William (William R.) Producer.
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Pollard, Sam. Producer.
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Jersey, Bill. Author. Director. Producer.
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Wormser, Richard, 1933- Author. Director. Producer.
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Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023. Narrator.
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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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Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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National Endowment for the Humanities.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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