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Title
Behind the Veil
Subject
African American Experience
History
Civil Rights
Description
This is a three part film that touches on subject of the civil war, the civil rights movement, and the steel strikes. The first part refers to Abraham Lincoln's thoughts and involvement in the Civil War.
The second part is documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South is a major research project into the history of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s. The Jim Crow era was a time of undeniable oppression and exploitation of black Americans.However, these sixty years of legal segregation in the American South also represented a time when African Americans made monumental efforts to build their own communities and institutions, resisted discrimination in ways large and small despite personal risk, and put their ineluctable mark on American culture.
The third refers to the steel strikes that was happening during the time of the opera called the Cradle of Rock (1937).
The second part is documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South is a major research project into the history of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s. The Jim Crow era was a time of undeniable oppression and exploitation of black Americans.However, these sixty years of legal segregation in the American South also represented a time when African Americans made monumental efforts to build their own communities and institutions, resisted discrimination in ways large and small despite personal risk, and put their ineluctable mark on American culture.
The third refers to the steel strikes that was happening during the time of the opera called the Cradle of Rock (1937).
Creator
Wormser, Richard
Source
Grant - 96-02-01
Date
1996
Rights
The Humanities Council of Washington, DC has the right to display and distribute materials funded by HCWDC grants.
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Format
VHS
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
01.02.1996
229
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
VHS
Duration
00:12:59
Compression
MPEG
Director
Wormser, Richard
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