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True south : Henry Hampton and eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement / Jon Else.
LIBRA E185.61 .E525 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Else, Jon, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998.
- Eyes on the prize (Television program).
- Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hampton, Henry.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- History.
- African Americans on television.
- Race relations on television.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Henry Hampton and eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
- Summary:
- Presents the inside story of the making of one of the most important and influential TV shows in history and of its legacy as the film that reframed the entire history of the Civil Rights movement permanently.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Cave painting: 1940-67
- Racism is like a loaded gun: 1968-78
- America, we loved you madly: 1978-82
- Last visionary standing: 1983-85
- The revolution will be televised: 1985
- Mother ship
- Not the other man's county: fall 1985
- On the road: 1985-86
- Mississippi goddamn: 1963, 1964, 1985
- Crossroads: 1964
- Emmett Till's hometown: winter 1985
- Hunter-gatherers: winter 1985-86
- True south?
- Messy history: 1986
- The Selma show: 1986
- It's our flag too: 1986
- A great story
- A great healing machine: 1987
- Will the circle be unbroken: 1998
- Freedom is a constant struggle: 1998-2016
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Else, Jon, 1944- author. True south
- ISBN:
- 9781101980934
- 1101980931
- OCLC:
- 966314870
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