The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

• TV Show
• 2002-10-01
• EN
• Ended
• 0h 56m
• US
• Documentary

• 0.0
• 0

Production

Quest Productions, Videoline Productions, Thirteen

Tagline

Emancipation ended slavery, but not its legacy.

Storyline

A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. Lynchings and beatings by night. Demeaning treatment by day. And a life of crushing subordination for Southern blacks that was maintained by white supremacist laws and customs known as "Jim Crow." It was a brutal and oppressive era in American history, but during this time, large numbers of African Americans and a corps of influential black leaders bravely fought against the status quo, amazingly acquiring for African Americans the opportunities of education, business, land ownership, and a true spirit of community.