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1965BLACK NEWS SHOW
9 Part MINISERIES WITH OSSIE DAVIS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

CAST ON STAGE SINGS SPIRITUALS SONGS, WHILE THEY TALK ABOUT LIFE BACK IN THE DAYS OF SLAVERY. FROM REAL STORIES BY ACTUAL SLAVES. RUBY DEE AND OSSIE DAVIS

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WOMAN SITTING ON FENCE ON STAGE SINGS "CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY". WHOLE CAST JOINS ON CHORUS. VOICEOVER TELLS OF SLAVES ARRIVING IN VIRGINIA
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OPENING CREDITS ON SCREEN ROLL OVER THE CAST SINGING
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OSSIE DAVIS COMES ON STAGE AND RECITES THE WORDS OF A FORMER SLAVE. WOMAN COMES UP AND THE TWO TALK ABOUT SUNDAYS
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THEY SIT ON STAGE, CASTS GATHERS AROUND AND TALKS ABOUT BEING AT THE WHITE FOLKS CHURCH IN SLAVERY TIMES. MAN (OSSIE DAVIS) AND WOMAN TELL STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING LECTURED BY PREACHERS AT WHITE CHURCHES, STORY OF MAN BIENG HANGED FOR BEING SUBVERSIVE, STORY OF LYNCHING
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CAST SINGS AS VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT "SLAVE CODES"
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MAN (OSSIE DAVIS) AND WOMAN TALK ABOUT HOLIDAYS IN SLAVERY. CAST MILLS AROUND. MAN (OSSIE DAVIS) TWELLS STORY ABOUT OX
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CAST MILLING AROUND ON STAGE WHILE VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT COTTON GIN.
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY ABOUT A SLAVE SNEAKING OFF TO A"FROLIC"
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CAST ON STAGE. MAN (OSSIE DAVIS) TELLS STORY ABOUT A HERD OF HOGS DYING ON THE PLANTATION AND HOW THE SLAVES PLAYED A TRICK ON THE MASTER
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CAST ON STAGE SINGS "AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS" AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL. VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT COTTON ECONOMY
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY OF A WOMAN WHOSE MASTER SOLD HER CHILDREN AWAY, AND HOW SHE KILLED THE BABY T STOP HIM FROM SELLING IT
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CAST GATHERED ON STAGE. WOMAN TELLS STORY ABOUT A WHITE PREACHER COMING TO TALK TO THE SLAVES RIGHT BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
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THE CAST TALKS ABOUT SLAVE CABINS AND WHAT THEY WERE LIKE. WHAT FOURTH OF JULY WAS LIKE FOR THE SLAVES
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CAST GETS UP ON PLATFORM AND SINGS "SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT"
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OSSIE DAVIS TELLS FABLE ABOUT RACCOON AND DOG TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT SLAVERY WAS LIKE "BETTER I SHOULD BE FREE"
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY ABOUT HER FATHER STANDING UP TO THE MASTER REFUSING TO BE WHIPPED AND THE MASTER MURDERED HIM
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WOMAN SINGS AS CAST STANDS ON STAGE
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OSSUIE DAVIS TELLS A STORY ABOUT AN ABUSIVE OVERSEER AND AN OLD MAN WHO STOOD UP AND FOUGHT BACK
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VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT NATU TURNER'S REBELLION. WOMAN TELLS THE STORY OF AN OVERSEER HITTING AN OLD WOMAN WHO KILLED HIM WITH A HOE
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VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT JOHN BROWN'S UPRISING
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OSSIE DAVIS TELLS STORY ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPEN WHEN ONE OF THE SLAVES DIED, HOW THEY WERE BURIED IN SHALLOW GRAVES
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY ABOUT A WOMAN SLAVE WHO FOUND FREEDOM "I'M FREE". WOMAN STARTS TO CRY, EMOTIONAL STORY
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VOICEOVER TALKS ABOUT THE IVIL WAR. CAST SINGS "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC". CAST ARRANGES THEMSELVES ON STAGE
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY OVER SONG ABOUT THE "YANKEES" COMING TO PLANTATION DURING THE WAR AND HOW A GIRL WAS PUNISHED FOR HELPING THEM. LYNCHING
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OSSIE DAVIS TELLS STORY ABOUT BEING FREED ADN THEN PAID.
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY OF UNION SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH THE SOUTH, SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA
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OSSIE DAVIS TELLS STORY OF MASTER LEAVING TO FIGHT AND NEVER COMING BACK
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WOMAN (RUBY DEE) TELLS STORY ABOUT UNION SOLDIERS ARRIVING IN THE SOUTH
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OSSIE DAVIS AND RUBY DEE GOING BACK AND FORTH TELLING STORY ABOUT THE UNION ARMY COMING, BLLACK REGIMENT, LEE SURRENDERING AND WAR ENDING.
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CAST SINGS "OH FREEDOM!" AS OSSIE DAVIS AND WOMAN TALK ABOUT BEING FREED AT THE END OF THE WAR
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CREDITS ROLL OVER CAST SINGING
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NET LOGO (WNET)
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