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America beyond the color line

Title
America beyond the color line / directors, Dan Percival and Mary Crisp.
Publication
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : African American Heritage Institute, 2008

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Additional Authors
  • Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  • Angelou, Maya
  • Freeman, Morgan
  • Herenton, W. W. (Willie W.), 1943-
  • Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
  • Jackson, Samuel L.
  • Jones, Quincy, 1933-
  • Keys, Alicia
  • Powell, Colin L.
  • Simmons, Russell
  • Percival, Dan
  • Crisp, Mary
  • Wall to Wall Television.
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  • PBS Home Video.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 220 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
In Part 1, "The Black Belt," Gates travels to Memphis, Birmingham, and Atlanta to see how the South has changed since Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968. In Part 2, "Streets of Heaven," Gates goes inside the housing projects in Chicago's South Side to find out what it is like to live there.
Alternative Title
Beyond the color line
Subject
  • African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > 20th century
  • African Americans > Georgia > Atlanta > 20th century
  • African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century
  • African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > 20th century
  • African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century
  • Social classes > United States
  • Atlanta (Ga.) > Economic conditions > 20th century
  • Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
  • Atlanta (Ga.) > Social conditions
  • Birmingham (Ala.) > Economic conditions > 20th century
  • Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
  • Birmingham (Ala.) > Social conditions
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Economic conditions > 20th century
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions
  • Memphis (Tenn.) > Economic conditions > 20th century
  • Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
  • Memphis (Tenn.) > Social conditions
  • United States > Race relations
Genre/Form
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Documentary television programs.
Note
  • Presenter, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • Screenwriter, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a Wall to Wall Television production for PBS and BBC.
Contents
Part 1. The Black belt (56 min.) -- Part 2. Streets of heaven (57 min.)
Call Number
Sc DVD-1003
OCLC
878077108
Title
America beyond the color line / directors, Dan Percival and Mary Crisp.
Publisher
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : African American Heritage Institute, 2008
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Performer
Interviews: Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Willie Herenton, Franklin Raines, Jessie Jackson, Russell Simmons, Morgan Freeman.
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Added Author
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., interviewer.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., producer.
Angelou, Maya, interviewee.
Freeman, Morgan, interviewee.
Herenton, W. W. (Willie W.), 1943- interviewee.
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- interviewee.
Jackson, Samuel L., interviewee.
Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee.
Keys, Alicia, interviewee.
Powell, Colin L., interviewee.
Simmons, Russell, interviewee.
Percival, Dan, director.
Crisp, Mary, director.
Wall to Wall Television.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Home Video.
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-1003
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