A history of black achievement in America
Subtitle: Vol. 2, program 3 : Fight for freedom : Program 4 : Blacks enter the gilded 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: Fight for freedom; Blacks enter the gilded 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Notes: DVD extras include historical documents, photo gallery, teacher's guide, hi-def enhanced.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 3. 1851. Sojourner Truth delivers famous Ain't I a Woman? speech; title: 1854. First Black University founded: Lincoln University; title: 1855. Frederick Douglass publishes My bondage and My Freedom; title: 1857. Dred Scott decision helps trigger the Civil War; title: 1863. Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation; title: 1863. Black Regiment storms Fort  Wagner in the Civil War; title: 1865-1869. 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments establish Civil Rights for all.; title: Program 4.1875. Robert Smalls, former slave, elected to House; title: 1878. The Black cowboy and George McJunkin; title: 1881. Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute; title: 1884. T. Thomas Fortune prophesies the long and bitter struggle for equality; title: 1887. Granville T. Woods, called the Black Edison patents the Industrial Telephone System; title: 1893. Ida B. Wells-Barnett crusades against the Black lynching in America; title: 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson case upholds segregation