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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.

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Publisher	New York : Viking, 2017.
Copyright	©2017

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404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 24 cm

LOCATION	CALL NUMBER	VOL	BARCODE	LAST CHECKIN	STATUS
LW-Hillside	305.8009 ELS		30641005796680	05-25-18	AVAILABLE

BIBLIOGRAPHY	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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." -- Provided by publisher.
Other edition	Online version: Else, Jon, 1944- author. True south New York : Viking, 2017 9781101980958
Subject	Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
	African Americans on television
	Race relations on television
	United States -- Race relations
Other title	Henry Hampton and Eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement
ISBN	9781101980934
	1101980931

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