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Additional authors

1. Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976.
2. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
3. Coulthard, Edmund
4. Godwin, Nick
5. Freeman, Morgan
6. Blanchard, Terence
7. Lemann, Nicholas
8. Discovery Productions, Inc
9. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
10. Discovery Channel (Firm)

Description

1. 5 videocassettes (198 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documents the migration of African Americans from the rural, segregated, South to Chicago. Uses archival footage, still-photographs, and interviews with Chicago residents, to discuss the social and economic conditions of blacks in Chicago, from the beginning of the pre-World War II migration through 1970. Episode 4, "More angry than afraid," chronicles Martin Luther King's campaign to encourage racial integration in Chicago and features archival footage of King and Mayor Richard J. Daley.

Uniform title

1. Promised land (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Any place but here
2. Sweet home Chicago
3. Standing at the crossroads
4. More angry than afraid
5. Walls of Jericho

Subject

1. Television adaptations
2. Lemann, Nicholas > Television adaptations
3. African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century
4. Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century
5. Nonfiction television programs
6. Documentary television programs
7. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations
8. Television mini-series
9. African Americans > Southern States > History
10. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History

Genre/Form

1. Television mini-series.
2. Television adaptations.
3. Documentary television programs.
4. Nonfiction television programs.

Contents

1. Episode 1. Any place but here (48:52) -- Episode 2. Sweet home Chicago (48:50) -- Episode 3. Standing at the crossroads (48:44) -- Episode 4. More angry than afraid (49:04) -- Episode 5. The walls of Jericho (51:00)

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-1200

Note

1. Based on the book, The Promised Land, by Nicholas Lemann.
2. Incluces Promised Land promotional video.

Title

1. The Promised land / a co-production of Discovery Productions and BBC TV.

Production

1. Bethesda, Md. : Discovery Channel, 1994.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videocassette

Performer

1. Narrator: Morgan Freeman.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976.
2. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
3. Coulthard, Edmund, director.
4. Godwin, Nick, director.
5. Freeman, Morgan, narrator.
6. Blanchard, Terence, composer.
7. Lemann, Nicholas. Promised land.
8. Discovery Productions, Inc.
9. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
10. Discovery Channel (Firm)

Added title

1. Promised land (Television program)
2. Any place but here
3. Sweet home Chicago
4. Standing at the crossroads
5. More angry than afraid
6. Walls of Jericho

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-1200