A History of the Negro in America Part 1

Description

This film, through a series of black and white still images, describes the election of Abraham Lincoln, the establishment of the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the problems of reconstruction. Included is a discussion of the role of African Americans in the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation, the terror in the South following the war, the education of African Americans, and the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The film is a Niagara Films production, written, directed, and produced by Milton Meltzer and Alvin Yudkoff, and narrated by James Earl Jones.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities