A history of black achievement in America
Subtitle: Vol. 1, program 1 : Settling the New World and founding the United States of America : Program 2 : Emergence of the black hero
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: 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: Settling the New World and founding the United States of America; Emergence of the black hero; 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Notes: DVD extras include historical documents, photo gallery, teacher's guide, hi-def enhanced.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 1. 1619-1621. Blacks arrive at Jamestown; title: 1705. The Virginia General Assembly passes the Slave Codes; title: 1762. Entrepreneur Samuel Fraunces opens New York City's most cherished revolutionary war site: the Fraunces Tavern; title: 1770. Crispus Attucks and the Black Patriots.; title: Program 2. 1772. Chicago is settled by Jean DuSable; title: 1776. Lemuel Haynes helps lay the Foundation for Abolition; title: 1791. The first Black  Man of Science, Benjamin Banneker, surveys Washington, D.C.; title: 1821. African Grove Theater founded in New York; title: 1822. Denmark Vessy and the slave revolts; title: 1823. Legendary mountain man James Beckwourth enters the Rockies; title: 1849. Harriet Tubman uses underground railroad to become free.