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Against all odds : the fight for a black middle class / with Bob Herbert ; produced & written by Bob Herbert ; produced by Tom Casciato ; produced by The Schumann Media Center, Inc., Public Square Media, Inc., Okapi Productions, LLC and Bob Herbert.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Middle class African Americans.
- Middle class African Americans--Civil rights.
- Middle class African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Against all odds : the fight for a black middle class with Bob Herbert
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Public Square Media, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class. Acclaimed journalist Bob Herbert details the harsh and often brutal discrimination that has made it extremely difficult for African-Americans to establish a middle-class standard of living. Dramatic historical footage and deeply-moving personal interviews explore the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream despite the obstacles and setbacks that have emerged nonstop from the Jim Crow era through the devastation of the Great Recession.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 26, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 989796935
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