Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important and misunderstood documents in US history. So, what did it actually proclaim?
"'Frederick Douglass: An American Life' is a documentary film that explores the life and times of a fugitive slave who becomes an eloquent orator and spokesman against slavery. Bonus films include 'The Maggie Lena Walker Story', Longing to Learn: Booker T. Washington's Story', and 'Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy'." - DVD cover
"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history."
"In the years following the Civil War, a company of players travels the South performing for audiences of African Americans recently freed from slavery. Dr. J.W. Toer's show presents the many meanings of freedom and the ways African Americans struggled to realize the promise of Emancipation in the face of growing violence and repression."
Documents the history of slavery in America from colonial times to after the Civil War.
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.
Documents the history and achievements of African Americans from the mid-19th century through the Civil War and the early Reconstruction period. Examines the contributions of Black men and women who advocated for civil rights, desegregation, and equality before the law. Highlights include the speech of Sojourner Truth, the writings of Frederick Douglass, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the Dred Scott decision, African American participation in the Civil War, and equal rights amendments.
Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
The celebration of Juneteenth recognizes the public announcement of the end of slavery made by the Union Army on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Tex. On Thursday, June 15 at 3:00 p.m. ET, Reginald C. Adams, founder of the Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project, joins Washington Post Live to discuss the organization’s newest murals across the country commemorating the holiday.
In 1952 an unknown African-American writer caught the nation's attention with his very first book, which begins, "I am an invisible man." In this program, NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth examines Ralph Ellison's legacy on the novel occasion of the publication of Juneteenth, left unfinished at the time of his death. Ellison's literary executor John Callahan and Professor Charles Johnson-a winner, like Ellison, of The National Book Award-consider the man behind the fame and the impact of the posthumous novel on Ellison's literary reputation, first established by Invisible Man.
Gates travels to the east coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago, and Hollywood to investigate modern Black America and interview influential Americans including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Willie Herenton and others.
A celebration of African-American resiliency, creativity, and ingenuity, this program finds a connection of the spirit among the peoples and societies of West Africa and the African Diaspora. Filmed in Ghana, the Bahamas, and throughout the United States, it is the third program in the Emmy Award winning Talking Black in America series of interrelated documentaries on African-American language and culture and their transformative influence on the United States and beyond.
"This original eight-part series on four volumes documents black achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of black Americans that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States."
Presents some African contributions to U.S. history, including African-Americans' role in the Civil War, African-American contributions to U.S. education, government, arts, and science, and the dynamic struggle for freedom.
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