"'The Maggie Lena Walker Story' captures the spirit of a woman who became a prominent civic leader, financier, and business woman during the early twentieth century. Original photographs and quotations from her writings reveal the depth of her commitment to the social, economic, and cultural needs of African Americans."--Container.
"'Frederick Douglass: an American life' is a documentary film that explores the life and times of a fugutive slave who becomes an eloquent orator and spokesman against slavery. Also, re-enacted in this film is his friendship with William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown."--Container.
"'Longing to learn: Booker T. Washington's Story' is based on his autobiography "Up from Slavery". The film draws on Washington's own words to describe his boyhood years in Virginia slave hut. He tells of the struggle for his much-valued education and his disadvantaged childhood."--Container.
"'Booker T. Washington: the life and the legacy' traces Washington and the founding of Tuskegee Institute which was establiched to educate newly freed people after the Civil War. It recreates vignettes and interviews with contemporaries including W.E.B. DuBois."--Container.
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