The two nations of black America [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by June Cross ; correspondent: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; written by June Cross and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: FRL-6609 | PBS Home VideoPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2008]Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0793694205
  • 9780793694204
Uniform titles:
  • Frontline (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DVD E185.8 .T96 2008
Commentary: Cornel West, Julian Bond, Maulana Karenga, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, William Julius Wilson, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones, David Sykes, Christopher Edley, Orlando Patterson ; voice of W.E.B. Doubois: Avery Brooks.Summary: There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD E185.8 .T96 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98638891

DVD, full screen; NTSC.

Closed-captioned.

Commentary: Cornel West, Julian Bond, Maulana Karenga, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, William Julius Wilson, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones, David Sykes, Christopher Edley, Orlando Patterson ; voice of W.E.B. Doubois: Avery Brooks.

Originally presented as an episode of the television series Frontline in 1998.

There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.

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