History in the First Person: Living Under Jim Crow Laws
What was it like to grow up in a segregated America? What did it mean when words like "equality" and "justice" seemed to have a different meaning for different people in American society? How were all people affected when treatment under the law could be so different? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you interact with individuals who lived under Jim Crow Laws. View the archive of this program to learn of their struggles, hopes and dreams and see what connections you can find between your life today and their life so many years ago.

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Meet The Families Who Defied the KKK | PBS Short Docs

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Jim Crow | US History Lecture

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My Grandma’s Life, from Jim Crow Louisiana to Oakland | Pop-Up Magazine

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Growing Up With Racism: A Personal Story

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1982 NEWS SPECIAL: The South Bronx | WASTELAND

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1946 Columbia Race Riot

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African Americans in Southwest Florida 1800 - 1960 | Untold Stories | Black History Month

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Jim Crow of the North | Redlining and Racism in Minnesota | Full Documentary

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The Jim Crow Museum

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The Black Veterans Who Tore Apart The KKK

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How a racist law sent a U.S. man to jail | Fault Lines Documentary

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Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation | The Dick Cavett Show

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FULL DOCUMENTARY - 1964: The Fight for a Right | MPB

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Slavery in NJ: The Price of Silence Part One

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The Nurse Who Defied Jim Crow: The Untold Story of Viola Edwards

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1967 DOCUMENTARY: "WELFARE OVER FATHERS" | The Welfare Revolt ©

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The Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights

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Who was Malcolm X?

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Juneteenth Special | Byron Allen: Don't Let White Media Define Black America!

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