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Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Program 2).

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ID #: 
596
Playing Time: 
56 min
Color or BW: 
N/A
Description: 
Fighting Back (1896-1917) Episode two illustrates the early rise of a successful Black middle class and the determination of white supremacists to destroy fledgling Black political power.
Keywords: 
20th century, African American history, black middle class, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow Laws, nonviolence, racial issues, racism, Southern history, United States
Volume: 
vol 2