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The journey from slavery to emancipation ... There can be no dispute over the fact that African Americans have had an extremely rough ride in America - their adopted land. Being part of the cultural mainstream has reduced the problems they face a little, but how far can we claim that they have really been accepted? Maybe what the situation calls for is a little objectivity. When we look at America as a whole, we tend to see the enchilada - not its ingredients. We acknowledge that African Americans have made some significant contributions to American culture, but are blissfully oblivious to the fact that they are an inalienable part of the fiber of this country’s democracy, language, sports and politics... not to mention the fact that the very foundations of the modern America were laid by slave labor. If one considers factors like the Ku Klux Klan, the Civil War and the Jim Crow system as an overall manifestation of white America’s collective outlook, it can safely be said that African Americans have acquitted themselves admirably. It may be time to take a closer look at our established co-habitants’ social roots. Ignorance, after all, is the mother of bigotry, while information always leads to maturity... This DVD explores the social and cultural ancestry of African Americans in wide focus, and cannot fail to expand our mental horizons on this valuable segment of our national community. In the American Cultural History - African American DVD, we are given a humane look at the social and everyday life of colored Americans over a period spanning 40 years.
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When we look at America as a whole, we tend to see the enchilada- not its ingredients. We acknowledge that African Americans have made some significant contributions to American culture, but are blissfully oblivious to the fact that they are an inalienable part of the fiber of this country's democracy, language, sports and politics...not to mention the fact that the very foundations of the modern America were laid by slave labor. This DVD explores the social and cultural ancestry of African Americans in wide focus, and cannot fail to expand our mental horizons on this valuable segment of our national community.
