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American experience. The harvest : integrating Mississippi's schools / produced by Douglas A. Blackmon, Sam Pollard ; written by Douglas A. Blackmon ; a Five Dollar Films production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schools--Mississippi--Leland.
- Schools.
- School integration--Mississippi--Leland.
- School integration.
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- Race discrimination--Mississippi.
- Race discrimination.
- Segregation--Mississippi.
- Segregation.
- Mississippi--Race relations.
- Mississippi.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (108 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Harvest : integrating Mississippi's schools
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate schools in October 1969, Leland, Mississippi finally met the demand put forth in the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision. In the fall of 1970, a group of children entered school as part of the first class of Black and white students who would attend all 12 grades together.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed October 30, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1408980162
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5495286/marc
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