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Summary:

Awakenings (1954-1956). Rare reflections open the door to understanding America's struggle for equality. Curtis Jones, Coretta Scott King, and other key witnesses describe the extraordinary role ordinary people played in shaping the civil rights movement. Mose Wright stands up to racial injustice. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. spark a boyscott to desegregate city buses. King and other ministers form the Southern Chrisitan Leadership Conference (SCLC) to expand the movement for civil and human rights.
Fighting back (1957-1962). Unforgettable images of the battle lines drawn in the South come to life through the eyes of those who were on the frontlines - Central High School senior Ernest Green, University of Mississippi registrar Robert Ellis, U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell. See states' rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the struggle to integrate Central High School. James Meredith and NAACP lawyers face mob violence integrating the University of Mississippi.

Contributors:

Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Blackside, Inc.
PBS Video

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.
In English.

Related Works:

American experience (Television program)

Subjects:

African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
African Americans > Suffrage > History > 20th century
Segregation > United States > History
African Americans > History > 20th century
Civil rights demonstrations > United States > History > 20th century
Civil rights > United States
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century

Genres:

Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Performers:

Narrator: Julian Bond.

General Notes:

DVD; stereo.
MPAA rating: PG.
Originally produced as a special presentation of American Experience television program in 1986.
Special features: Interview with Henry Hampton, Profiles; Primary source and graphs; Downloadable study guide.
Public performance rights included.
Gift, c.3: University of North Texas. College of Visual Arts and Design, October 2012.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

DVD 7109 v.1

ISBNs:

0793692628 (set)
9780793692620 (set)
0793692555
9780793692552

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 841887007634
Universal Product Code: 841887007566
Publisher Number, PBS Video (set): EYES700
Publisher Number, PBS Video (v.1): EYES701

OCLC Numbers:

1053077519