Emancipation ended slavery, but not its legacy.
First Air Date: 2002-10-01
Rating:7.0 / 10(1 votes)
Status: Ended
Genres: Documentary
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 4
Runtime: 56 min / episode
Director: Richard Wormser
Writer: Richard Wormser
A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. Lynchings and beatings by night. Demeaning treatment by day. And a life of crushing subordination for Southern blacks that was maintained by white supremacist laws and customs known as "Jim Crow." It was a brutal and oppressive era in American history, but during this time, large numbers of African Americans and a corps of influential black leaders bravely fought against the status quo, amazingly acquiring for African Americans the opportunities of education, business, land ownership, and a true spirit of community.
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