Awakenings (1954-1956) Part 1

Description

The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode highlights two events that focused the nation's attention - the 1955 lynching in Mississippi of 14- year-old Emmett Till, and the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama boycott that forced the desegregation of public buses. It also reveals southern race relations at mid- century, and the awakening of courage and power of black and white movement activists. The producers of this video are Blackside, Inc., Henry Hampton, and Judith Veccione.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Series

Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts