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Presents the story of how more than thirty African American girls, ages eleven to sixteen, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia, in 1963. When the local jail became full they were secretly moved to an abandoned Civil-War-era stockade, and were unable to contact their families and were faced with unsanitary conditions and brutal treatment.
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The court order integrating Georgia public schools conflicted with the state constitution, prompting much debate regarding state's rights. In this 1960 news special Edward R. Murrow reports on the issue of racial segregation in the state's schools, focusing on the proceedings of the School Study Committee, a public forum in which residents of Georgia's ten Congressional districts voiced their opinions presenting a wide and sometimes ominous range...
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"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother,...
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