Product Details

• Actors: Robert Graham Brown, Maya Angelou, Lillian Hayman, James Bartow, Loften Mitchell
• Directors: Lee R. Bobker
• Producers: Andover Productions, Bureau of Motion Pictures U.S. Office of War Information, Knickerbocker Productions
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000J32344
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,387 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This is an essential collection of rare black history and civil rights movement films, digitized and preserved for history. The footage includes appearances by Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson and Bayard Rustin. Whether you're interested in learning more about the history of the black civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, black history month or African American history and culture, this DVD is an entertaining and educational visual resource, and a key component of any African American history collection.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and rare view of some key moments in the civil rights era, June 22, 2007

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J. Powell "Jimbo" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Historic Civil Rights & Black History Films DVD: African American Racism & Prejudice Movies w/ Martin Luther King (MLK) & Maya Angelou Footage (DVD)

This is a "no frills" DVD. But its excellent quality and provides any student of african america the opportunity to see some key moments of the civil rights era as they happened. films from the 60's that defined the America we know today. A fascinating DVD I recommend to anyone into US history.