Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
In March of 1931, two white women stepped off a train in Paint Rock, Alabama, and accused nine black teenage passengers of gang rape. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century’s most fiery legal battles. This episode of American Experi...
Transcript: ,000 people who were lynched from 1880 to 1940, most of those are cases of black man accused of raping or sexually assaulting a white woman. In the early
The Jayson Blair story: favoritism and plagiarism at The New York Times
African-American journalist Jayson Blair has been pilloried as the personification of affirmative action out of control. Was it race that fueled his rapid promotions at The New York Times and prompted management to essentially ignore reports of his ...
Transcript: army private Jessica Lynch. On March 27, Blair wrote a moving story datelined "West" Virginia," describing Lynch's father "... chocked up as he stood
A History of Civil Rights in America - Episode 3: 1869 - 1916
Program three recounts the movements that extended civil rights to Blacks, Chinese-Americans, American Indians, and Jewish Americans.
Transcript: fear among Blacks everywhere. In the early part of the 20th century, race riots broke out throughout the U.S., resulting in an epidemic of lynchings
A history of black achievement in America: the foundation for equality
The Progressive Era and the Roaring Twenties are covered in this fifth program. This original, eight-part series documents Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. Pr...
Transcript: blacks everywhere. In the early part of the 20th century, race riots broke out throughout the U.S., resulting in an epidemic of lynchings and destruction
20th century turning points in U.S. history: Episode 2. 1908-1918
American history, 20th century American history, United States history, and 20th century United States history are emphasized in this second 20th Century Turning Points program. 20th Century Turning Points in U.S. History is an eight-part series des...
Transcript: .S., resulting in an epidemic of lynchings and destruction of black property. In 1903, President Roosevelt issued a public denunciation of lynching. But in spite
The Road to Brown
The Supreme Court's landmark decision on Brown v. Board of Education that ruled public school segregation unconstitutional was the culmination of a brilliant legal campaign that launched the civil rights movement. This documentary tells the story of...
Transcript: lynched in the first years of this century. [MUSIC - BILLIE HOLIDAY, "STRANGE FRUIT"] This was the divided America in which Charles Hamilton Houston grew
Gabriel García Márquez: A Witch Writing
This in-depth interview with Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez is presented in the form of a conversation with an old friend he has not seen in a long while. Filmed at "Gabo’s" house in Cartagena, the program is structured to suggest an appa...
Transcript: devastating the country. The socialist Eliecer Gaitan, who was running for presidency, was murdered. In Bogota on April 9, 1948, an avenging crowd lynched the
For love of liberty : the story of America's black patriots: Episode 3 : the world at war
Gain an unprecedented look at the experiences and accomplishments of African Americans in the military, and learn why such a group of heroic men and women would fight for the freedom of others that they themselves weren't able to enjoy. Hosted by Ha...
Transcript: -Americans were lynched. 14 were burned at the stake. 10 of the victims were soldiers, and some of them were still in uniform. [Music and Singing] Southern trees
Cultural Illiteracy
Cultural illiteracy among today’s teenagers threatens the fabric of society, according to Professor E.D. Hirsch, Jr., author of the best-seller, Cultural Literacy. Hirsch defines cultural literacy as familiarity with the common knowledge literate ...
Transcript: years ago, when presumably things were even better than they were 20 years ago in our classrooms, we had lynchings all over the South, we had all sorts
Moyers & Company: The United States of Ferguson
In the wake of decisions by grand juries in both Missouri and New York’s Staten Island not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed African-Americans, this edition of Moyers & Company is an encore broadcast of Bill’s conversation...
Transcript: to condoned, or actively participated in in the past. And that covers everything from enslavement to the era of lynching, when we effectively