Abstract
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow offers the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. This definitive four-part series documents a brutal and oppressive era rooted in the growing refusal of many Southern states to grant slaves freed in the Civil War equal rights with whites. A life of crushing limitation for Southern Blacks, defined by legal segregation known as "Jim Crow" - after a minstrel routine in which whites painted their faces black - shaped the social, political and legal history of the period. In 1954, with the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, the Jim Crow laws and way of life began to fall.
Program Three: Don't Shout Too Soon (1917 - 1940) :-
In the aftermath of World War I a new round of race riots and lynching broke out, yet this was also a time of increasing strength for Black resistance movements. Episode three chronicles the years between the wars as a time of massive Black migration out of the South and continuing conflict within it. By the 1930's many African-Americans found their sole support from Socialists and Communists, who helped organize tenant farmers and sharecroppers and defended the "Scottsboro Boys," nine Black youths falsely accused of rape. While NAACP counsel Charles Houston began a lengthy legal campaign designed to chip away at Jim Crow, Walter White waged war in the court of public opinion. As the world plunged toward World War II, Black labor leaders like A. Philip Randolph demanded an end to segregation in defense industries. Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson declared that, "Change is in the air."
Program Three: Don't Shout Too Soon (1917 - 1940) :-
In the aftermath of World War I a new round of race riots and lynching broke out, yet this was also a time of increasing strength for Black resistance movements. Episode three chronicles the years between the wars as a time of massive Black migration out of the South and continuing conflict within it. By the 1930's many African-Americans found their sole support from Socialists and Communists, who helped organize tenant farmers and sharecroppers and defended the "Scottsboro Boys," nine Black youths falsely accused of rape. While NAACP counsel Charles Houston began a lengthy legal campaign designed to chip away at Jim Crow, Walter White waged war in the court of public opinion. As the world plunged toward World War II, Black labor leaders like A. Philip Randolph demanded an end to segregation in defense industries. Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson declared that, "Change is in the air."
Subject
African Americans -- Segregation -- History, African Americans -- Civil rights -- History, African Americans -- Social life and customs., African Americans -- Social conditions, United States -- Race relations, Southern States -- Race relations, Segregation -- Southern States -- History, Segregation -- Law and legislation -- Southern States, Racism -- Southern States
Series
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Contributors
Wormser, Richard (series producer), Jersey, Bill (Executive producer), Grant, William R. (Executive producer), Roundtree, Richard (Narrator), Rife, Christopher (Composer), Bacon, Michael (Composer), Levin, Garrett (Editor), Hanake, Tom (Editor), Salomon, Max (Editor), Valette, Pierre (Editor), Dowley, Brian (Director of photography), Jersey, Bill (Producer), Jersey, Bill (Director), Jersey, Bill (Writer), California Newsreel (Firm) (Distributor), Quest Productions, VideoLine Productions, Thirteen/WNET New York
Duration
00:55:30 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Higher education
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| Name | California Newsreel |
| Role | Distributor |
| Telephone | 415-284-7800 |
| Address | 500 Third Street, Suite #505, San Francisco, CA 94107-1875 |
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