IS THE AMERICAN DREAM “AT” THE EXPENSE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO or THE AMERICAN DREAM “IS AT” THE EXPENSE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO.. James Baldwin, American Writer quote
Alert date February 28, 2022
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Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name “resets” our national clock with a singular astonishing fact: Slavery in America didn’t end 150 years ago, with Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Based on Douglas A. Blackmon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the film illuminates how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, persisting until the onset of World War II.
“It is rare to have the opportunity to bring to television a story that, outside of academic circles, is virtually unknown,” says tpt National Productions’ Catherine Allan, executive producer of the 90 minute documentary for PBS.
“In telling the story of what happened to African Americans over the 80 year period of “neo-slavery”, we hope to add a significant new facet to America’s ongoing discussion about race.”