The high quality video resources in this collection are, themselves, testimony to the richness, diversity, dynamism and universality of the African American experience. They provide valuable historical, cultural, political and sociological chronicles about the people and events that have shaped America from slavery to present day. This comprehensive perspective provides a powerful context to understand current issues of race and prejudice.
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Ralph Bunche was a statesman, peace negotiator, and the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Bunche overcame racial prejudice and poverty in America to become Undersecretary General of the United Nations. MORE...
DVD, 90 minute version and 83 minute PBS version on one DVD, 2007, closed caption (PBS version only) Facilitator Guide Available
An illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history - the Black urban rebellions of the 1960's. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J. outbreak on July 12, 1967, the film reveals how the disturbance began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America's struggles over race and economic justice. MORE...
DVD, 86 minutes, 1994, Facilitator Guide Available
A biography of Richard Wright, author of Black Boy and Native Son, from his impoverished childhood, involvement in left-wing politics and literary relationships, to his exile and death in Paris. MORE...
Emancipation ended slavery but only to replace it an American form of apartheid, euphemistically known as Jim Crow, used to keep African Americans as second class citizens. This four-part series constitutes a major cinematic achievement covering the years between Reconstruction and Civil Rights. MORE...
The history of segregation sanctioned by the 1898 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, and the visionary legal campaign against it that led to the triumph of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. MORE...
The transformation of A.D. "Gatemouth" Moore from blues singer to gospel preacher is framed by interviews with B.B. King, Al Green, Dr. Benjamin Hooks and others. MORE...
