Rise! : 1940-1968 / a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions & Inkwell Films in association with Ark Media ; senior producer, Rachel Dretzin ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Peter Kunhardt, Dyllan McGee ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; THIRTEEN Productions, LLC. directed by Phil Bertelsen, Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Sabin Streeter, Jamila Wignot.

"Rise!" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. African Americans who fought fascism in World War II came home to face the same old racial violence. But mass media - from print to radio and TV - broadcast that i...

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Other Authors:	Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Screenwriter), Wignot, Jamila (televion director.)
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), [2013]
Subjects:	1900-1999 African American soldiers > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History. African Americans > History. African Americans > Social conditions. African Americans > Social life and customs. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American. African American soldiers. African Americans. African Americans > Civil rights. Civilization > African American influences. Military participation > African American. United States > Civilization > African American influences. Southern States. United States. Documentary films. Documentary television programs. History. Internet videos. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs > United States. Vidéos sur Internet. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Documentaires.
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