Descriptions:
This 1968 documentary hosted by George Foster and produced by CBS looks at the oppressive legacy of slavery in the United States over 100 years after its official abolition. The first part of the film looks at Charleston, where Foster visits several sites and conducts interviews with the descendants of slaves and slave owners. Afterwards, Foster goes to Mississippi and speaks with former sharecroppers and interviews the political activist Fannie Lou Hamer. In the final part, Foster heads to Chicago showing revolutionary education for young people by Prof. James Turner and an interview with the historian Lerone Bennett.
