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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TALKS TO CAMERA ABOUT TERM "NEGRO" AS DEHUMANIZING AND DEMORALIZING

WHITE MAN WITH ENGLISH ACCENT TALKS ABOUT "NEGRO" BEING A USELESS TERM

VARIOUS FACES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND AFRICANS: WOMAN WITH HEAD SCARF, WOMAN WITH CHEEK SCARRING, OLD MAN WITH SKULLCAP, WOMAN HOLDS CRYING BOY

OSSIE DAVIS STANDS IN ROOM WITH PLAQUES AND AFRICAN ART ON THE WALLS INTRODUCES THE PROGRAM. HE EXAMINES DIFFERENT CULTURAL USE OF THE WORD "NEGRO" AND WHAT IT MEANS. BEGINNING OF THE SERIES DISCUSSES THE SCOPE OF THE MINISERIES

OSSIE DAVIS SITTING IN CHAIR TALKING ABOUT REACTIONS TO STEREOTYPES OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN CULTURE. ART IMITATING LIFE OR LIFE IMITATING ART, DEPICTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, RACISM IN MOVIES AND POPULAR CULTURE

AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENAGED BOY IN BARN SIFTS SAND WITH FINGERS

BACK DOOR OF SUBURBAN HOME AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE COMES OUT WITH FOOD INTO BACKYARD. DOG. WOMAN CARRIES FOOD TO TABLE WHERE DAUGHTER SITS. HUSBAND BARBEQUEING AT GRILL. SUBURBAN LIFE, AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY

IN SUBWAY TRAIN, VARIOUS PEOPLE RIDING SUBWAY IN NEW YORK NYC, MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, GOOD SHOTS OF SUBWAY RIDERS, HOLDING STRAPS, PEOPLE READ NEWSPAPERS, WOMAN STARES OUT WINDOW

SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, CHILDREN BOTH WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAVING AT CAMERA

AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY AND WHITE BOY LOOKING AT BOOK IN PLAYGROUND TOGETHER

TEENAGERS IN CLASSROOM HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHER. VARIOUS SHOTS STUDENTS

VARIOUS FACES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TEACHER SPEAKING IN CENTER OF CLASSROOM TO AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WHITE STUDENTS

OSSIE DAVIS TALKS TO CAMERA ABOUT RACISM IN EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM

DISPLAY WITH DRAWINGS AND BOOKS ILLUSTRATING AFRICAN HISTORY

AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENT WITH HEAD SCARF STANDS UP AND ASKS QUESTION ABOUT AFRICAN HERITAGE

BLACK PROFESSOR JOHN HENRICK CLARK TALKS TO CLASS ABOUT AFRICAN HISTORY.

WHITE WRITER AND HISTORIAN BASIL DAVIDSON TALKS ABOUT HISTORICAL MYTH AND IGNORANCE BASED UPON PREJUDICE

WHITE WOMAN IN FIELD WITH AFRICANS, COULD PASS AS PEACE CORPS OR CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. WHITE AND BLACK MAN PICKING CROPS. WHITE WOMAN IN FIELD WITH AFRICAN MAN, POINTS AND EXPLAINS SOMETHING TO HIM (MOS, VOICEOVER CONTINUES). WHITE MAN SHOWS AFRICAN MAN HOW TO CARVE SOMETHING IN FIELD

GRASS HUTS IN AFRICAN VILLAGE, PEOPLE WALK IN VILLAGE

YOUNG BOY, AFRICAN DROVER, WITH HERD OF LONG-HORNED CATTLE WALKING ALONG

TWO BOYS ON CANOE IN LAKE SPLASH WITH PADDLES

VARIOUS TRADITIONAL AFRICAN WEAVERS. WOMAN WITH PULLEY SYSTEM, BOY WITH SPINNING CAGE-LIKE SPINDLES, WOMAN HAND WEAVES RAPIDLY ON LOOMLIKE DEVICE

LARGE RIVER FLOWING THROUGH HEAVILY GREEN AREA, LOTS OF TREES

DESERT DUNES WITH SAND BLOWING OVER SIDES, DESOLATE AREA, CAN PASS FOR SANDSTORM

MOUNTAIN WITH FLOWING MIST

VARIOUS SHOTS OF HEAVY RAINS, BRANCH BENDS IN RAINS, RAINDROPS SPATTERING ON GROUND

CROCODILE LURCHES UP OPENS MOUTH IN THREAT CLIMBS INTO THE RIVER, CROC ATTACK

BIRDS OF PREY OR SCAVENGING VULTURES FLY OFF OF TREE BRANCH

ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG . GROUPS OF PEOPLE SWINGING PICKS, DIGGING THINGS UP, BRUSHING OFF ARTIFACTS AND BONES

STILL DRAWING OF NEANDERTHAL

PAN ACROSS GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT, GREAT SPHINX

AFRICAN ORAL HISTORY. GROUP OF AFRICAN MEN SIT IN CIRCLE ON THE GROUND, TELL STORIES, SMOKE, OLD MAN WITH INSTRUMENT. PASSING ON TALES, ORAL TRADITION, STORYTELLING CULTURE

AFRICAN MARKET, HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, PEOPLE BUY AND EXCHANGE GOODS

TUAREG OR BERBER MEN ON HORSEBACK, INFLUENCE OF ISLAM ON AFRICA

AFRICAN MOSQUE HUGE NUMBER OF MUSLIMS STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

REENACTMENT RECREATION OF JOURNEY OF MANSA MUSA AFRICAN MEN IN UNIFORM MARCH, MEN ON HORSEBACK. MEN BANG DRUMS WITH MINARETS IN BACKGROUND, REGAL PROCESSION IN MALI. MAN IN SUNGLASSES AND HEADDRESS AT CENTER OF IT. THE KINGDOM OF MALI

OLD STONE WALL IN DESERT, MAN RIDES BY IN FOREGROUND ON DONKEY

AFRICAN DANCING, PEOPLE DANCE WITH INTRICATE MASKS PLAYING TRADITIONAL DRUMS, DJEMBE, AFRICAN DANCE IN FESTIVAL, CIRCLE OF WOMEN DANCING

AFRICAN MASKS AND ART

WHITE PEOPLE LOOKING AT AFRICAN ART IN GALLERY

YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN CLASSROOM STANDS UP AND ASKS "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SO CALLED NEGRO CULTURE IN AMERICA"

FACES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS (COLLEGE AGE OR ADULT) LISTENING TO LECTURE

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE CLASSROOM, FACES OF EAGER STUDENTS

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