WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 5627

Title: Black American odyssey

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Film

Date: 1987 (Release)

Original Summary:

"Many special events and personalities are presented in this series as we follow two hundred years of history with special emphasis on the contributions that black Americans have made to the United States."--Audiovisual Materials Catalog 2002-2007 by Audiovisual Services of St. Louis Public Schools.

Part 1. Road to freedom, 1770-1900 -- Part 2.  Attacking the color barrier, 1900-1963 -- Part 3. Crusade for civil rights, 1963-today.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 1 hr

Genres: Educational

Subjects: Slavery--United States--History; African Americans--Civil rights; Racism--United States--History; United States--Race relations; African Americans--History

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Consultant	Clayton, Mayme A.
	Consultant	Davis, Thomas J.
	Distribution Company	Handel Film Corporation
	Consultant	Jarrico, Sylvia
	Narrator	Marshall, William
	Editor	Mertens, Hans
	Cameraman	Mertens, Peter
	Source of Material	St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.)
	Director	Wilber, Edwin L.
	Writer	Wilber, Edwin L.

Items ^x1

	Item	Description
	5627-1	Safety Film : Viewing print

Contents ^x3

Seq No	Title No	Title
1	4844	Road to freedom (1770-1900)
2	4845	Attacking the color barrier (1900-1963)
3	4846	Crusade for Civil Rights (1963-Today)

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	4819	St. Louis Public Schools educational film library