The rise and fall of Jim Crow / series producer, Richard Wormser ; executive producers, Bill Jersey, William R. Grant ; a co-production of Quest Productions, VideoLine Productions and Thirteen/WNET New York

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Subjects: African Americans--Segregation--History
African Americans--Civil rights--History
African Americans--Social life and customs--History
African Americans--Social conditions--History
Segregation--Southern States--History
Segregation--Law and legislation--Southern States--History
Racism--Southern States--History
Civil rights movements--United States--History
United States--Race relations--History
Southern States--Race relations--History
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Formats: Video Recording, DVD
Material Type: Projected medium -- Monograph
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: San Francisco, CA : Distributed by California Newsreel, [2004?]
LC Classification: E
Alternate Title(s): Rise and fall of Jim Crow (Television program).
Additional Authors: Producer : Grant, William (William R.)
Producer : Pollard, Sam
Producer : Jersey, Bill
Producer : Wormser, Richard, 1933-
Narrator : Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
Quest Productions
VideoLine (Firm)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
National Endowment for the Humanities
California Newsreel (Firm)
Notes: DVD, NTSC
In English ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Credits: Narrator, Richard Roundtree; music, Christopher Rife, Michael Bacon ; editors, Garrett Levin, Tom Hanake, Max Salomon, Pierre Valette, Aaron Butler ; director of photography, Brian Dowley
Originally produced for television in 2002
Major funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Summary: Offers the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. This definitive four-part series documents the context in which the laws of segregation known as the "Jim Crow" system originated and developed
Contents: Program 1. Promises betrayed (1865-1896) / produced by Sam Pollard ; story by Richard Wormser ; telescript by Bill Jersey ; directed by Bill Jersey -- pr. 2. Fighting back (1896-1917) / written, directed & produced by Richard Wormser -- pr. 3. Don't shout too soon (1917-1940) / produced by Bill Jersey ; written and directed by Bill Jersey -- pr. 4. Terror and triumph (1940-1954) / produced by Bill Jersey, Richard Wormser, Sam Pollard ; written and directed by Bill Jersey, Richard Wormser
Winner of the Peabody Award and the IDA Achievement Award, 2003. -- www.newsreel.org
Narrator, Richard Roundtree
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (224 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
OCLC Number: 56590455

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