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Book

True south : Henry Hampton and Eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement

Author

Jon Else

Call Number

  • 791.4572 E975E (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, [2017]

Physical Description

404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

Presents the inside story of the making of one of the most important and influential TV shows in history and of its legacy as the film that reframed the entire history of the Civil Rights movement permanently.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Cave painting: 1940-67
  • "Racism is like a loaded gun": 1968-78
  • America, we loved you madly: 1978-82
  • Last visionary standing: 1983-85
  • The revolution will be televised: 1985
  • Mother ship
  • Not the other man's county: fall 1985
  • On the road: 1985-86
  • Mississippi goddamn: 1963, 1964, 1985
  • Crossroads: 1964
  • Emmett Till's hometown: winter 1985
  • Hunter-gatherers: winter 1985-86
  • True south?
  • Messy history: 1986
  • The Selma show: 1986
  • It's our flag too: 1986
  • A great story
  • A great healing machine: 1987
  • Will the circle be unbroken: 1998
  • Freedom is a constant struggle: 1998-2016
  • Epilogue.

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