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This documentary (1939) produced by the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the racial disparities in the education provided in South Carolina public schools. The film was produced by the NAACP in its drive to desegregate schools which ultimately led to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of Education. We are shown what "seperate but equal" means in the ramshackle conditions of many schools, dozens of young children piling into cars, the disparity in state funding and many other facets of the educational reality for Negro students. This is a visual presentation (no sound...sorry) and was produced in partnership with the Harmon Foundation.

This documentary (1939) produced by the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the racial disparities in the education provided in South Carolina public schools. The film was produced by the NAACP in its drive to desegregate schools which ultimately led to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of Education. We are shown what "seperate but equal" means in the ramshackle conditions of many schools, dozens of young children piling into cars, the disparity in state funding and many other facets of the educational reality for Negro students. This is a visual presentation (no sound...sorry) and was produced in partnership with the Harmon Foundation.

The famous address excerpted in this recording (1908) - the only known recording of his voice - was originally delivered at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on September 18, 1895. Long known as "The Atlanta Compromise", it would have a substantial impact on race relations in America. On the recording, Washington reads the first through the third paragraphs complete, skips the fourth, and closes in the middle of the fifth, with only minor alterations to the original published text.

The famous address excerpted in this recording (1908) - the only known recording of his voice - was originally delivered at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on September 18, 1895. Long known as "The Atlanta Compromise", it would have a substantial impact on race relations in America. On the recording, Washington reads the first through the third paragraphs complete, skips the fourth, and closes in the middle of the fifth, with only minor alterations to the original published text.

"Negro Colleges in Wartime" (1943) was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information. Other than in the screentitle no reference is made to the students' race. Needed for war production, this documentary details the work on American black college campuses in response to the call for military recruits and trained workers.

"Negro Colleges in Wartime" (1943) was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information. Other than in the screentitle no reference is made to the students' race. Needed for war production, this documentary details the work on American black college campuses in response to the call for military recruits and trained workers.

This is an excerpt of a speech given by Malcolm X titled "The FBI and Black Muslims".

This is an excerpt of a speech given by Malcolm X titled "The FBI and Black Muslims".

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a black Messiah"?

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a black Messiah"?

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a black Messiah"?

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a black Messiah"?

Dr. Betty Shabazz discusses the numerous death threats and murder attempts made against the life of her husband, Malcolm X, by members of Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam.