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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.

Alternate Title: Mississippi, is this America? (1962-1964); Ain't gonna shuffle no more (1964-1972); Ain't gonna shuffle no more (1964-1972) [videorecording]; America's civil rights movement [videorecording]; Promised land (1967-1968); Bridge to freedom (1965); Fighting back (1957-1962); Nation of law? (1968-1971) [videorecording]; Promised land (1967-1968) [videorecording]; Two societies (1965-1968) [videorecording]; No easy walk (1961-1963); Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) [videorecording]; Back to the movement (1979-1985) [videorecording]; America at the racial crossroads, 1965 to 1985 [videorecording]; Time has come (1964-1966); Nation of law? (1968-1971); Bridge to freedom (1965) [videorecording]; Time has come (1964-1966) [videorecording]; No easy walk (1961-1963) [videorecording]; Awakenings (1954-1956) [videorecording]; Two societies (1965-1968); Keys to the kingdom (1974-1980); Fighting back (1957-1962) [videorecording]; Back to the movement (1979-1985); America's civil rights years, 1954 to 1965 [videorecording]; Power! (1966-1968); Awakenings (1954-1956); Keys to the kingdom (1974-1980) [videorecording]; Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961); American experience (Television program); Power! (1966-1968) [videorecording]; Mississippi, is this America? (1962-1964) [videorecording]; Eyes on the prize II [videorecording]

Additional Contributors: Shearer, Jacqueline; Crossley, Callie; Ott, Thomas; Hampton, Henry; Vecchione, Judith; Rockefeller, Terry Kay; Bagwell, Orlando; Massiah, Louis; DeVinney, James A.; Lacy, Madison Davis; Williams, Juan; Bond, Julian; Stekler, Paul Jeffrey; Pollard, Sam; Fayer, Steve; Bernard, Sheila Curran

Imprint: [Alexandria, Va.] : - PBS Video

Pages: 7

ISBN: 0793692628, 9780793692620, 0793692555, 9780793692552, 0793692563, 9780793692569, 0793692571, 9780793692576, 079369258X, 9780793692583, 0793692598, 9780793692590, 0793692601, 9780793692606, 079369261X, 9780793692613

Language: English

Credits: Narrator, Julian Bond; director of photography, James H. Karales (v.1-3), Michael Chin, Robert Shepard (v.4-7).

Notes: DVD; stereo.
Closed-captioned.
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.
Vol. 1. Awakenings, 1954-1956 ; Fighting back, 1957-1962 / produced and directed by Judith Vecchione; writers, Steve Fayer, Juan Williams -- 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.
DVD.

Statement of responsibility: a production of Blackside, Inc. ; [creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton]

Characteristics: 7 videodiscs (2 hr. each) :,sd., col. with b&w sequences ;,4 3/4 in.

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