ID #:
93
Film Type:
DVD
Release Date:
1990
Color or BW:
Color and B&W
Description:
THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (1974-1980) Busting...Maynard Jackson...Affirmative Action. Famous and lesser-known participants recount the remedies used to solve the problems of discrimination in schools and the workplace. For blacks and whites in Boston, court-ordered busing proves an unpopular means of integrating schools. Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson pursues affirmative actin to help combat the city's poverty rate. The Bakke Supreme Court case challenges affirmative action when a white man sues a university on the grounds of "reverse discrimination." BACK TO THE MOVEMENT (1979-1985) Activism...Overtown...Harold Washington. Experience the power and powerlessness felt in Miami's Overtown section explodes in rioting when a young black salesman dies after being beaten by police for a traffic violation. Democratic reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first black mayor. Ameria's most-watched documentary on civil rights ends with a look back at the courageious people that made the movement a force for and and social change.
Keywords:
Atlanta's first black mayor, beaten by police, busing, Chicago's first black mayor., discrimination, Harold Washington, integrating schools, Maynard Jackson, Miami's Overtown section, reverse discrimination, rioting, young black salesman dies
Volume:
7
Notes:
7 of 7 DVD's.