WQED Black History  Jim Crow Pennsylvania

A documentary exploring Jim Crow practices in Pennsylvania from the 1920's to the present Details

 

Program: WQED Black History

Episode: Jim Crow Pennsylvania

Explores Jim Crow practices in Pennsylvania from the 1920's to the present. Includes Levittown's first black family; an infamous lynching; lives of the Pullman porters; Fairview Park; and racial struggles in the steel industry. It challenges the myth of Southern discrimination with stories that occurred above the Mason-Dixon Line. Music by Emmai Alaquiva. WARNING: PROGRAM CONTAINS RACIAL EPITHETS

Duration: (56:46)
Premiere Date: 02/08/2006
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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