produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia A. Smith ; a Firelight Media production for American Experience ; WGBH Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation
produced by California Newsreel ; in association with Vital Pictures ; Center for Asian American Media ; Latino Public Broadcasting ; Native American Public Telecommunications ; National Black Programming Consortium ; Pacific Islanders in Communications ; presented by National Minority Consortia ; series creator & executive producer, Larry Adelman
a co-production of Serendipity Films LLC, WYES-TV/New Orleans & Louisiana Public Broadcasting ; in association with Independent Television Service (ITVS) & National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) ; a documentary by Lolis Eric Elie and Dawn Logsdon ; directed by Dawn Logsdon ; written & co-directed by Lolis Eric Elie ; produced by Lucie Faulknor, Lolis Eric Elie, Dawn Logsdon
executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr... [and others] ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films & Thirteen/WNET New York
a program by Alan Lomax, John M. Bishop, Worth W. Long ; written and directed by Alan Lomax ; a production of the Mississippi Authority for Public Television & Alan Lomax