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COLOR BARS
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| 01:00:16 16.77 |
BLANK SCREEN
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| 01:00:33 33.02 |
PAN ACROSS (OBVIOUSLY FAKE) TOMBSTONES, "FREDERICK DOUGLASS" GRAVE
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| 01:01:04 64.89 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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| 01:01:18 78.8 |
CU TOMBSTONE PANS UP TO REENACTMENT OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, GIVES SPEECH
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| 01:01:48 108.02 |
TOMBSTONE"BOOKER T WASHINGTON". OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT WASHINGTON. REENACTMENT ATOR PLAYS BOOKER T WASHINGTON, MAKES SPEECH ABOUT DINING AT THE WHITE HOUSE
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| 01:02:39 159.41 |
OSSIE DAVIS WITH TOMBSTONE FOR "W.E.B. DuBOIS". REENACTMENT, ACTOR PLAYS DuBOIS AND SPEAKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SEE HIM
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| 01:03:14 194.6 |
TOMBSTONE FOR "MARCUS GARVEY". REENACTMENT, ACTOR PLAYS GARVEY TALKS ABOUT PURITY OF RACE
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| 01:03:50 230.27 |
OPENING CREDITS OVER AFRICAN AMERICANS PRAYING AND SINGING "FREE AT LAST"
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| 01:04:30 270.66 |
OSSIE DAVIS IN FAKE GRAVEYARD TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THESE MEN BEING CUT OUT OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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| 01:05:22 322.71 |
CU HANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, "MAMMY" STEREOTYPE SHUCKING CORN. OSSIE DAVIS PUTS HIS HAND ON HERS, SHE PUTS CORN DOWN. HE TAKES AWAY HER HEAD SCARF. BLACK PRIDE, DESTROYING OLD STEREOTYPES
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| 01:05:40 340.31 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT FREEDOM AND THE CIVIL WAR, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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| 01:06:18 378.03 |
"FREDERICK DOUGLAS" REENACTOR TALKS ABOUT SIGNING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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| 01:07:02 422.24 |
OSSIE DAVIS SINGS A LINE OF "GO DOWN MOSES" ADAPTED FOR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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| 01:07:17 437.02 |
"BOOKER TO WASHINGTON" REENACTMENT ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HEARING THE NEWS OF EMANCIPATION AS A SLAVE BOY IN VIRGINIA, HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY REACTED
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| 01:08:12 492.78 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN POST-CIVIL-WAR AMERICA
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| 01:08:43 523.45 |
"JAMES S PIKE" REENACTMENT ACTOR, WHITE MAN, REPORTER TALKS ABOUT FINDING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PUBLIC LIFE
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| 01:08:57 537.32 |
CU CHECKERBOARD, TWO PLAYERS, BOTH AFRICAN AMERICAN TALK OFFSCREEN ABOUT THEIR AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN, HANDS PLAY CHECKERS
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| 01:09:24 564.1 |
CU WHITE HAND POINTS AND FORMS FIST IN ANGER
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| 01:09:39 579.82 |
"GENERAL CARL SHURTZ" REENACTMENT ACTORS TALKS ABOUT SOUTHERN OPPRESSION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH AFTER CIVIL WAR, BRUTALITY
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| 01:10:26 626.46 |
WHITE HAND GESTURES AS OFF-SCREEN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT RACIST IDEAS. WHITE MAN WITH SCISSORS AND ROPE
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| 01:11:03 663.09 |
OSSIE DAVIS SPEAKS ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION
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| 01:11:35 695.09 |
"FREDERICK DOUGLAS" ACTOR LOOKS INTENSE WITH VOICEOVER ABOUT BEING AN OUTCAST
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| 01:11:52 712.72 |
AFRICAN AMERICANS DANCING STEREOTYPES< "SHUCKING AND JIVING" BEING KEPT IN DEMEANING ROLES, RACISM
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| 01:12:22 742.18 |
OSSIE DAVIS SPEAKS ABOUT JIM CROW
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| 01:12:43 763.38 |
CU WHITE HANDS TIE NOOSE. TILT UP TO MAN IN HOOD, KKK. IMPLIED LYNCHING
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| 01:12:49 769.62 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT SEGREGATION, TALKS ABOUT NIAGRA MOVEMENT
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| 01:13:40 820.69 |
"W.E.B. DuBOIS" REENACMENT, ACTOR SITS DOWN IN "RESTAURANT" AND "THEATER" AND TRIES TO CHECK INTO "HOTEL" TALKS TO MAN ON "ROAD" ALL PANTOMIME, RUDE WHITE MAN TELLING HIM HE IS NOT WANTED. (N-WORD USED A LOT IN EXCHANGES) RACISM IS RIDICULOUS
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| 01:16:09 969.2 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT BOOKER T WASHINGTON
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| 01:16:23 983.6 |
"BOOKER T WASHINGTON" REENACTMENT ACTOR SITS IN CHAIR AND TALKS ABOUT ADDRESSING WHITE CROWD, STANDS UP AND TALKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR MANUAL LABOR AS SALVATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
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| 01:17:26 1046.93 |
"W.E.B. DuBOIS" REENACTMENT ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND BOOKER T WASHINGTON. "OLD" AND "NEW" MODES OF THOUGHT
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| 01:18:26 1106.67 |
"BOOKER T WASHINGTON" REENACTMENT ACTOR TALKS ABOUT SOCIAL ROLES AND PROVING AFRICAN AMERICAN "LOYALTY". SUBMISSIVE MINDSET, OLD STEREOTYPES, SEPARATE SOCIETIES
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| 01:19:49 1189.18 |
"W.E.B. DuBOIS" REENACTMENT ACTOR DISAGREES WITH WASHINGTON AND DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION AND VOTING RIGHTS
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| 01:20:43 1243.76 |
CU AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN'S HANDS AS BESSIE SMITH'S MUSIC IS HEARD. [NOTE: BESSIE SMITH IS NOT IN FOOTAGE]
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| 01:20:55 1255.81 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT BESSIE SMITH AND THE EVILS OF SEGREGATION.
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| 01:21:24 1284.79 |
"W.E.B. DuBOIS" RENACTMENT ACTOR AT DESK, WRITES AND THEN SPEAKS ABOUT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO AMERICAN CULTURE
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| 01:22:12 1332.9 |
"MARCUS GARVEY" REENACTMENT ACTOR IN UNIFORM TALKS ABOUT RETURN TO AFRICA, IMPASSIONED SPEAKER. AFRICAN PRIDE
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| 01:23:31 1411.6 |
OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT MARCUS GARVEY AND THE RISE OF BLACK PRIDE
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| 01:24:03 1443.84 |
"MARCUS GARVEY REENACTMENT ACTOR SPEAKS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND RACIAL TENSIONS AND RIOTS TALKS ABOUT THE KU KLUX KLAN
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| 01:25:05 1505.31 |
"W.E.B. DuBOIS" REENACMENT ACTOR TALKS ABOUT GARVEY AS BEING DANGEROUS
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| 01:25:25 1525.6 |
"MARCUS GAVEY" REENACTMENT ACTOR TALKS ABOUT KEEPING AFRICAN AMERICAN RACE"PURE", SPEAKS AGAINST "MISCEGENATION"
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| 01:26:14 1574.67 |
CU HAMMERS ON PAINO STRINGS BEING PLAYED
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| 01:26:19 1579.82 |
TIL UP TO OSSIE DAVIS WHO TALKS ABOUT THE 1920s AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, MENTIONS BLACKFACE DISMISSIVELY. TALKS ABOUT THE DEPRESSION AND WWII. HOW LITTLE HAS CHANGED. "AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU" IS HEARD OFF-SCREEN
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| 01:28:37 1717.18 |
CREDITS ROLL OVER SONG
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| 01:29:33 1773.27 |
NET LOGO (WNET)
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| 01:29:50 1790.37 |
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Year: 1965
Color: Black & White
Genre: BLACK NEWS SHOW
Specialty CollectionGenre: BLACK NEWS SHOW
Description: MINISERIES WITH OSSIE DAVIS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY REENACTMENT OF THE LIVES OF: FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOOKER T WASHINGTON W.E.B. DuBOIS MARCUS GARVEY
Keywords: oppression
