City Streets - Black Women Rising

DateMay 10 1984

Can DescriptionsX4090 2 Shows on this tape City Streets Mother's Day '84 Rec: 5/10/84 Air: 5/13/84

AbstractCity Streets: Black Women Rising; Elma Lewis, Johnnella Butler, Joyce Scott, and Marsha Darling provide historical notes and background to the stories of black women in the Americas; black screen breaks; white women become concerned about the plight of black people in the Americas; Harriet Tubman's liberty or death is described; after the Civil War; E. Frances White talks about small family farms begun after the war; voting rights becomes a pivotal issue; Hollywood cinema did not help the image of Black culture; Black culture flourish after the first world war with jazz and the blues, but society does not embrace blacks as part of the social fabric; the second world war does not bring social change until Rosa Parks decides to focus attention; Black Power rises; Shirley Chisholm is noted as a role model;

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