The Growth Of Tolerance (1787 To Present)

Explores the history of religious tolerance from America's first black bishop in 1787 to modern day Muhammed Ali. Shows stubborn racial barriers broken when a Jew is named to the Supreme Court in 1916, a Catholic runs for president in 1928 and John F Kennedy gets elected president in 1960. Features late civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Narrated by Herb Kaplow, Henry Steele Commager and James Earl Jones.

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