American experience (Television program) Awakenings (1954-1956) Fighting back (1957-1962) Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) No easy walk (1961-1963) Mississippi, is this America? (1962-1964) Bridge to freedom (1965) Time has come (1964-1966) Two societies (1965-1968) Power! (1966-1968) Promised land (1967-1968) Ain't gonna shuffle no more (1964-1972) Nation of law? (1968-1971) Keys to the kingdom (1974-1980) Back to the movement (1979-1985)
Notes:
DVD release of television programs originally produced 1986 (v. 1-3) and 1990 (v. 4-7). "A special presentation of American experience"--Slipcase. Special features: Interview of Henry Hampton, profiles, milestones, graphs, downloadable study guide (PDF), and downloadable chapter descriptions (PDF). PC with DVD-ROM drive required to access downloadable features.
Contents:
v. 7. The keys to the kingdom, 1974-1980 / Fighting back, 1957-1962 / produced, directed, and written by Madison Davis Lacy, Jr., James A. DeVinney. v. 2. Ain't scared of your jails, 1960-1961/ director, Orlando Bagwell ; writers, Steve Fayer, Juan Williams ; No easy walk, 1961-1963 / directed, written by Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney -- v. 3. Mississippi : Is this America?, 1962-1964 / director, Orlando Bagwell ; writers, Steve Fayer, Juan Williams ; Bridge to freedom, 1965 / directed, written by Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney -- v. 4. The time has come, 1964-1966 ; Two societies, 1965-1968 / produced, directed, and written by Madison Davis Lacy, Jr., James A. DeVinney -- v. 5. Power! 1966-1968 / produced, directed, and written by Madison Davis Lacy, Jr., James A. DeVinney ; The promised land, 1967-1968 / produced, directed, and written by Paul Stekler, Jacqueline Shearer -- v. 6. Ain't gonna shuffle no more, 1964-1972 / produced, directed, and written by Sam Pollard, Sheila Bernard ; A nation of law? 1968-1971/ produced, directed, and written by Terry Kay Rockefeller, Thomas Ott, Louis Massiah -- v. 7. The keys to the kingdom, 1974-1980 / produced, directed, and written by Paul Stekler, Jacqueline Shearer ; Back to the movement, 1979-1985 / produced, directed, and written by Madison Davis Lacy, Jr., James A. DeVinney.
Summary:
Vols. 1-3 tell the story of America's civil rights years from 1954 to 1965; vols. 4-7 examine the new America from 1966 to 1985, from community power to the human alienation of urban poverty.
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