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Details a little-known chapter in civil rights history. In 1939 five young men staged what is believed to be the nation's first sit-in at a public library just outside Washington, DC, to protest th...
Details a little-known chapter in civil rights history. In 1939 five young men staged what is believed to be the nation's first sit-in at a public library just outside Washington, DC, to protest the "separate, but equal" treatment of African-Americans. Includes a dramatization of the 1939 sit-in and a look at the role of local civil rights activist Samuel Wilbert Taylor.
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- Creator
- a film from California Newsreel ; co-directed by Matt Spangler and Eddie Becker ; written and produced by Matt Spangler ; co-produced by Beth Ann Schmitt
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1999?]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videocassette (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in
- OCLC
- ocm47267409
- Credits
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- Narrated by Dr. Julian Bond
- Directors of photography, Eddie Becker, Seth Groms ; edited by Chad George
- "Copyright 1999 River Road Productions."
- VHS.
Subjects
- Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990.
- Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Virginia -- Alexandria.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 20th century.
- Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.