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PBS 2002 1 season 4 eps Ended

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

2002 1 season 4 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

56 min

S1 · E1 Oct 1, 2002

Promises Betrayed (1865-1896) Episode 1

When the Civil War ended, Reconstruction held much promise for free black men and women. But as the North gradually withdrew support for black aspirations for land, civil and political rights, and legal due process, Southern whites passed laws that segregated and disfranchised African Americans, and reinforced them through violence and terror. By 1876 Reconstruction was over, and new black leaders responded, such as activist/separatist Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells, and Booker T. Washington.

56 min

S1 · E2 Oct 8, 2002

Fighting Back (1896-1917) Episode 2

As a successful black middle class arises, white supremacists are determined to destroy its political power, but educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown is among those helping African Americans continue to move forward. Black artists create new genres of American music. An intellectual elite typified by W.E.B. Du Bois, editor of the NAACP magazine THE CRISIS, emerges. Violence at home yields to warfare abroad as thousands of black Americans depart for World War I.

56 min

S1 · E3 Oct 15, 2002

Don't Shout Too Soon (1917-1940) Episode 3

Mob violence, lynchings, and massacres of blacks increase between World Wars I and II, and three members of the fledgling NAACP lead campaigns to confront these threats. W.E.B. Du Bois called for veterans of World War I to "return fighting." Walter White went among the lynchers to discover the truth behind the rapes and insurrections allegedly committed by blacks, and Charles Hamilton Houston designed and successfully applied a legal strategy that challenged Jim Crow and resulted in the famous "Brown vs. Board of Education" decision, which desegregated public schools in 1954.

56 min

S1 · E4 Oct 22, 2002

Terror and Triumph (1940-1954) Episode 4

Amid the surge of black activism following World War II, prolonged legal battles led to Supreme Court decisions that opened doors and restored voting rights for blacks. The battle for freedom, dignity, and opportunity throughout America continued through the '50s and '60s -- and in many respects, continues today.

4 episodes in Season 1

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“Emancipation ended slavery, but not its legacy.”

A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. Lynchings and beatings by night. Demeaning treatment by day. And a life of crushing subordination for Southern blacks that was maintained by white supremacist laws and customs known as "Jim Crow." It was a brutal and oppressive era in American history, but during this time, large numbers of African Americans and a corps of influential black leaders bravely fought against the status quo, amazingly acquiring for African Americans the opportunities of education, business, land ownership, and a true spirit of community.

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Cast

1 person

Richard Roundtree

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Sam Pollard Director · Richard Wormser Director · Bill Jersey Director

Director Writer

Sam Pollard

Director Writer

Richard Wormser

Director Writer

Bill Jersey

Executive producer

William Grant

Composer

Christopher Rife

Cinematographer

Brian Dowley

Total runtime 3h 44m · Episode length 56 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

October 1, 2002

Final episode

October 22, 2002

Status

Ended

Network

PBS

Country

United States

Type

Documentary

Episode length

56 min

Total runtime

3h 44m

Original language

English

Production

Q

Quest Productions

Production

V

Videoline Productions

Production

T

THIRTEEN

Production

W

WNET / THIRTEEN

Production

United States

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Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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