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Evanston's Living History - The Fight to Escape Racial Discrimination

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Evanston's Living History - The Fight to Escape Racial Discrimination

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

Evanston's Living History - The Fight to Escape Racial Discrimination

Oclc number

985064138

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Originally produced by Imagine Video Productions in 2008

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Summary

It is the story of a community's struggle for justice; with roots extending to the town of Abbeville, South Carolina and the horrific lynching of one of its prominent citizens, Anthony Crawford...It is the story of Crawford's granddaughter, great-granddaughter, and great, great-granddaughter working alongside the families of Emmett Till, Michael Schwerener, James Earl Chaney, and Andrew Goodman to gain passage of United States Senate Resolution 39, which apologized for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation...It is the story of Evanston's greatest generation, and their courageous fight to free Evanston from the bondage of racial discrimination...With interviews featuring some of those who lived this history: Joseph Burton, Phillip Crawford, Rosetta Gradford, Bishop and Mary Harvey, Sanders Hicks, Viola Hillsman, Sue Holloway, Delores Holmes, Doria D. Johnson, Rose Jourdain, William Logan, Jr., Eleanor "Brownie"Moore, the Hon. Lorraine H. Morton, Dr. Larry G. Murphy, Allen "Bo"Price, Mary Walker, Byron Wilson, and George E. Young, Sr...Music (How Great Thou Art) arranged and performed by Gwendolyn Edmonds

Technique

live action

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