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California Newsreel

California Newsreel

Black and white frame of A. Philip Randolph, a civil-rights activist. Caption. Of a mighty corporation such as the Pullman Company was.
1 hours 27 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black poet, Margaret Walker, writing on a chalkboard. Caption. Narrator. Walker began teaching in 1942 after receiving.
27 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Black and white photo of an African American man and woman standing next to a vehicle parked on a dirt road, piled high with luggage.
1 hour 11 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A group of Black women walking along a path outdoors in dresses, eyes looking downward. Caption. The story of black farmers in the 20th Century.
56 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black woman in profile with a city in the background. Caption. And this is me five years ago when this story begins.
1 hours 30 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Group of dancers lean back, arching their back, with hands in the air. Caption. And they did it, they did an excellent job.
28 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black man stands in a dark room, light spilling in from 1 small window behind him. Caption. I tended to believe that in the face of such diversity.
57 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white closeup of Sam Tucker, civil rights activist. Caption. To end legalized racism in the United States.
40 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close up of the face of a person who has dark skin, brown eyes, and a wide nose. Caption: or their genes moved from place to place,
57 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Seated Black man in a suit writing at a teacher's desk. A line of Black teenagers are to his left. Caption. Blacks were denied admission to white schools.
57 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white side angle shot of a young Billie Holiday singing. Next to her, a cellist and another man without an instrument. Caption lyrics. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
57 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Black and white side angle profile of W, E, B Du Bois wearing circular glasses and looking off with a concentrated stare. Caption. Will write, "Now the children cease to hear my name."
1 hours 2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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