the Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
http://newsreel.org/video/THE-RISE-AND-FALL-OF-JIM-CROW
Emancipation ended slavery but only to replace it an American form of apartheid, euphemistically known as Jim Crow, used to keep African Americans as second class citizens. This four-part series constitutes a major cinematic achievement covering the years between Reconstruction and Civil Rights.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• California Newsreel
• non-profit
• African American History
• Black History
• segregation
• Jim Crow

[98bigbutt]

Isn't it funny that in the 2 world wars the US fought for Democracy;but meanwhile the blacks in the US weren't getting any of that democracy that America were fighting for.

[MultiHydralisk]

These "laws", if they can even be called that, were nothing short of ABOMINATIONS.

[Higgins2001]

Who is voting this down? It is one of the best documentaries on the subject!

[shmuli9]

Of course there was (and is) racism in the US North and Canada, but it's almost unbelieveable that segregation was codified and made 'legal' in the US South...

[yaziunique]

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[extraviMaddie1234]

While the "Jim Crow" was on stage I felt really disturbed.

[evett726]

I'm buying this !