A history of Black achievement in America
Subtitle: Vol. 4, program 7 : Civil Rights : Program 8 : New Age
By: produced by Centre Communications, Inc. for Ambrose Video Publishing
Contributors: Avery, James, 1948-; Reeder, Mark; Keasley, Alphonse; Meyer, Ronald C.; Centre Communications, Inc; Ambrose Video Publishing
Publisher: distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: African Americans; History; Biography
Other titles: Civil Rights; New Age; Black achievement in America
Description: This original eight-part series on four volumes documents black achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of black Americans that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.
Notes: DVD extras include historical documents, photo gallery, teacher's guide, hi-def enhanced.

Co-producers, Ronald C. Meyer, Alphonse Keasley, Jr.; director, Scott Gordon ; original music, David Arkenstone ; writers, Ron G. Meyer, Mark Reeder, Alphonse Keasley.

Hosted by James Avery.

DVD.

Soundtrack in English; subtitles available in English or Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Program 7. Ralph Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize; title: 1950. Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first Black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize; title: 1954. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas; title: 1955. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery bus; title: 1956. Althea Gibson, first Black woman to win a tennis grand slam event; title: 1959. Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the sun is produced; title: 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech.; title: Program 8. 1967. Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Army on religious grounds; title: 1967. Thurgood Marshall first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice; title: 1977. Alex Haley's Roots: the saga of an American family appears on TV; title: 2001. Colin Powell appointed Secretary of State; title: 2004. Neil deGrasse Tyson becomes astrophysics'  superstar.