The second American revolution [videorecording] / a presentation of WNET/New York and KQED/San Francisco ; produced by Ossie Davis ... [et al.] ; directed by David Dowe ; writers, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Bill Moyers, Bernard A. Weisberger ; created & developed by The Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, Inc. and Bill Moyers.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers (Television program)
Notes:
Host, Bill Moyers. Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program A walk through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers in 1984. New DVD -- September -- 2015
Contents:
pt. 1. Racism in US founding documents -- Emancipation day -- Heart of Negro New York -- Up from slavery -- New hero for Black struggle -- Mixed messages in Black struggle -- Jim Crow laws -- Dr. Du Bois : higher education -- Separate but equal -- Tuskegee machine -- Niagara movement -- Fight for equality in the 20th century -- 369th US Infantry -- Up you mighty race -- Marcus Garvey's legacy. (58 min.). pt. 2. 1954 : Overview by Bill Moyers -- African Americans vs. the U.S. constitution : separate but equal -- WWII and racism -- Harry Truman and civil rights -- Howard University Law School -- NAACP and segregation -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and non-violence -- Rosa Parks -- Black protesters -- 1963 : Malcolm X -- March on Washington -- Black struggle vs. reality -- Inequality and racism for Blacks. (55 min.)
Summary:
Journalist Bill Moyers chronicles the search for racial equality from 1900 to 1965. Here, Moyers speaks with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, who recount the struggles and victories of Black Americans during the 20th century.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)823510244
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.