The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America 1968
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The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America
News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar institution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC, and speaks with both descendants of slaves and slave owners. The cameras capture a sermon by Rev. Henry Butler of the Mother Emmanuel AME Church (where Denmark Vesey planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1822 and Dylan Roof would later kill 9 church members in 2015). In Part 2, the cameras go to Mississippi to speak with former sharecroppers and political activist FANNIE LOU HAMER. In the final segment, we travel to Chicago, where Prof. JAMES TURNER and activist CALVIN LOCKRIDGE educate young people about revolution. Ebony Magazine editor and historian LERONE BENNETT offers a poignant analogy to describe the times we are in today.
News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar institution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC, and speaks with both descendants of slaves and slave owners. The cameras capture a sermon by Rev. Henry Butler of the Mother Emmanuel AME Church (where Denmark Vesey planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1822 and Dylan Roof would later kill 9 church members in 2015). In Part 2, the cameras go to Mississippi to speak with former sharecroppers and political activist FANNIE LOU HAMER. In the final segment, we travel to Chicago, where Prof. JAMES TURNER and activist CALVIN LOCKRIDGE educate young people about revolution. Ebony Magazine editor and historian LERONE BENNETT offers a poignant analogy to describe the times we are in today.
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Full Cast & Crew... Self - Reporter
... Self - Senior Editor, 'Ebony' Magazine (as Lerone Bennett Jr.)
HB
Henry Butler... Self (as Rev. Henry Butler)
FLH
Fannie Lou Hamer... Self
JET
James E. Turner... Self -Political Sociology Instructor, Northwestern University
Release Date:
Aug 13, 1968
Run Time:
54`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America
Directors & Credit Writers
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Peter Davis... Director
PD
Peter Davis... Director
Cast
... Self - Reporter
... Self - Senior Editor, 'Ebony' Magazine (as Lerone Bennett Jr.)
HB
Henry Butler... Self (as Rev. Henry Butler)
FLH
Fannie Lou Hamer... Self
JET
James E. Turner... Self -Political Sociology Instructor, Northwestern University
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The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America
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