Black American Odyssey Part I: Road to Freedom (1770-1900)

Year Published: 1987

Complete Record: Educational film documenting the history of African Americans in the United States from 1770 to 1900. Film almost solely consists of shots of still photographs, drawings and paintings with voice over of the host describing events leading up to the American Civil War, Emancipation, Suffrage for African Americans, and legislation on education for African Americans. Some important historical figures focused on are Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells and George Washington Carver.

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