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Black Communities after the Civil War
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In this program, historians trace the westward migration of former slaves to Oklahoma after the Civil War, where they built many thriving towns-and their subsequent exodus to Tulsa. The primary foc...
In this program, historians trace the westward migration of former slaves to Oklahoma after the Civil War, where they built many thriving towns-and their subsequent exodus to Tulsa. The primary focus is on the towns of Clearview and Boley, where blacks operated thriving cotton-growing operations until 1907, when the most restrictive Jim Crow laws in American history were passed. As Ku Klux Klan activity intensified and the economy bottomed out in the 1920s, many blacks-once successful farmers and business owners-headed for Tulsa, where ghettos quickly sprang up.
Details
- Creator
- Eskridge, Ann E
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1997
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (17 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn870312377
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on November 02, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Post-Civil War Black Communities (1:20) -- African-American Westward Movement (2:13) -- Black Communities in Oklahoma (2:35) -- Oklahoma Segregation (1:33) -- African-American Community Resilience (1:16) -- Downfall of African-American Towns (3:51) -- Memories of Black Western Towns (2:02) -- Credits: Black Communities after the Civil War (0:53)