From swastika to Jim Crow
Contributors: Independent Television Service.
Publisher: ITVS
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [San Francisco, Calif.]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: African American universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century; Political refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Refugees, Jewish -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: Companion to the PBS documentary chronicling the little-known story of German refugee scholars who were expelled from their homeland by the Nazis and found new lives at the historically Black colleges in the American South. Includes short histories of Black colleges in the United States, racism in Europe and the U.S. in the 30s, and Black-Jewish relations in the U.S. There is also a section on lessons learned and a reader's bulletin board, as well as a list of resources.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Aug. 6, 2003; last updated April 3, 2003).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.