Tell them we are rising / written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; co-produced and co-directed by Marco Williams ; produced by Cyndee Readdean, Stacey L. Holman.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Williams, Marco, director, producer.

Nelson, Stanley, 1955- director, producer.

Holman, Stacey L., producer.

Readdean, Cyndee, producer.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), distributor.

Firelight Media, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American universities and colleges--History.

African American universities and colleges.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--History.

African Americans.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 minutes)

Other Title:

Tell them we are rising : the story of historically black colleges and universities

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries - and path of promise toward the American dream - Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. For the first time ever, their story is told.

Participant:

Commentators, Jonathan Holloway, Margaret Washington, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Marybeth Gasman, Heather Andrea Williams, Edna Greene Medford, Crystal R. Sanders, Johnnetta Cole, Johnny C. Taylor Jr., Shawn Leigh Alexander, James D. Anderson, David H. Jackson, Jr., Walter Allen, Calvin Long.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed October 09, 2018).

Won 2018 Black Reel Awards, Outstanding Independent Documentary

Nominated 2018 Image Awards, Outstanding Documentary (Film)

OCLC:

1065302650