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African American civil rights workers Biography African Americans Civil rights History 20th century Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Cointelpro History Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895-1972 Intelligence service United States History 20th century Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Undercover operations United States History 20th century United States Race relations History 20th century United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.Filter By Subjects
African American civil rights workers Biography African Americans Civil rights History 20th century Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Cointelpro History Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895-1972 Intelligence service United States History 20th century Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Undercover operations United States History 20th century United States Race relations History 20th century United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SLASummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2022