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Oh freedom after while / a production of Webster University and the University of Memphis ; directed and edited by Steven John Ross ; written and produced by Candace O'Connor and Steven John Ross.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sharecroppers--Missouri.
- Sharecroppers.
- Sharecropping--Missouri.
- Sharecropping.
- Missouri--History--20th century.
- Missouri.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1999.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- "In January 1939, Missouri Bootheel sharecroppers--black and white--staged a dramatic roadside protest to protest unjust treatment by local plantation owners. Their demonstration spurred the U.S. government to develop new housing for displaced sharecroppers. Some demonstrators also established a remarkable farming community--and learned how to make lasting change in their lives"--Original container.
- OCLC:
- 840838428
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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