Catherine Allan is the executive producer of Slavery by Another Name. At that time, the tenant and landlord or merchant would settle up, figuring out who owed whom and how much. Blackmon, along with a team of other Wall Street Journal writers, was a finalist in 2011 for another Pulitzer Prize, for their investigation into the causes of the BP oil spill last year. Explore Slavery By Another Name in the Classroom, Read W. FitzhughBrundage's Essay on Slavery by Another Name, - Equality Under the Law Slavery by Another Nameis now the focus of a new educational project fromtptNational Productions, Slavery by Another Name: Digital Storytelling, funded by the Open Society Campaign for Black Male Achievement. We meet the inspiring educators associated with, In June of 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for violating Louisianas Separate Car Act. The goal is to empower African American and Latino male students to connect this historic period to their present experience, and present these connections in a digital format that feels powerful to them. tG$ ?`ix_})~u~a-jD!~1mhL\aJ.\7gC IK!*L#q$%No]+%onMM`l4myD2Xz6Q-KzF7$YHv},inIJWY kbN5&w Y H ^s%l%0A]a{*2!dX0azf Based on Douglas A. Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning book titled Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, the film depicts how new forms of forced labor and slavery emerged in America. Seeing the popular response to the article, he began conducting research for a more comprehensive exploration of the topic. 183 0 obj
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We are unsure as to the identity of . A production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc. Co-Executive Producer Douglas A. Blackmon. Pollard is no stranger to racially-focused and enlightening subject matter. A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition. In many cases, the landlords or nearby merchants would lease equipment to the renters, and offer seed, fertilizer, food, and other items on credit until the harvest season. 3 0 obj
Well, you make an interesting point in the book and in the documentary that, economically, it made more sense to protect slaves than it did to protect the lives of people who were convict laborers or people who were under peonage, it was called? Season 1 Episode 1 Slavery by Another Name explores the new forms of slavery after the Civil War. The Great Depression, mechanization, and other factors lead sharecropping to fade away in the 1940s. Thank you. Professional development workshops led by Felicia Pride of thePride Collaborativewill be held in New York and Jackson, Mississippi. Slavery didn't end when we all have been taught that it did. Interviews with the descendants of victims and perpetrators resonate with a modern audience. The documentary "Slavery By Another Name" chronicled the social brutalities yet fiendishly rational economic sensibilities of slavery, and why it continued until the 1960s. 2023 Open Society Foundations, some rights reserved. ; English Closed Captions Add English on-screen subtitles for videos. Author Douglas A. Blackmon explains the sharecropping and how it was a form of slavery. PBS bases its Slavery by Another Name documentary on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by the same name. 165 0 obj
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No, this is a huge drag on all of American life. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. James Horton is chief historian of the "Slavery in New York" exhibition at the New York Historical Society. Historian Mary Ellen Curtin breaks down the emergence of sharecropping. Slavery by Another Name History Background By Nancy O'Brien Wagner, Bluestem Heritage Group Introduction For more than seventy-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War, thousands of blacks were systematically forced to work against their will. A new PBS documentary called "Slavery by Another Name" tells the story of the adapted forced labor practices that helped extend slavery long after the end of the Civil War. The report examines state standards, course requirements, frameworks, and support for teachers in each state. SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. looking at the potentials, living in freedom, reaffirming marriage vows. The PBS documentary Slavery by Another Name examines the perpetuation of slavery under the guise of the peonage system. However, states and communities across the South ignored these federal mandates by passing black codes, laws that served to essentially re-enslave African Americans. Your email address will not be published. Copyright 2021 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. y ]
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The , With extreme weather all over the United States and in the news, yet with little, Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College. SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. I spent a great deal of time in Mississippi visiting relatives. The film, produced by tpt National Productions, was officially announced at the PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida on May 19th and is slated to air in early 2012 on PBS stations nationwide. 2.) Book Non-fiction. <>
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Im gratified to work with him to tell this story., My father was from Mississippi, and my mother was from Georgia, said Pollard. This is "Slavery by Another Name (PBS Documentary 2012).mp4-SD" by GCSEHISTORYFILES on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project Slavery by Another Name evolved. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Donna Hardwick On and On PR & Marketing Solutions O: 978-358-7209 M: 617-308-5677 dhardwick@onandonpr.com, Carrie Johnson PBS O: 703-739-5129 cjohnson@pbs.org, Nicole Mezlo CPB O: 202-879-9836 nmezlo@cpb.org, PBS Teachers Innovation Awards Presented to 40 Educators, PBS HISTORY DETECTIVES New Season Takes Investigations Beyond the TV Screen to Mobile and Online Platforms, The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimers. Read the latest from our staff, grantees, and partners about how were working around the world to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. The mine was often filled with standing water around their ankles and their feet. We can remove the first video in the list to add this one. Based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning book by Douglas Blackmon, Slavery By Another Name tells the stories of men, charged with crimes like vagrancy, and often guilty of nothing, who were bought and sold, abused, and subject to sometimes deadly working conditions as unpaid convict labor. They were worn out with the political fight. All Rights Reserved. Slavery didn't go away 150 years ago. And that's what had happened to Green Cottenham. %
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It was primarily imposed on African American men in the South and lasted until World War II. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping. Local law enforcement officers cited regulations against vagrancy, loitering, or walking near railroads to arrest, incarcerate, and sentence African American men to work as forced convict laborers in factories, mines, and farms. a month after citing an executive order prohibiting indoctrination and critical race theory in schools. Slavery By Another Name The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War IIBy Douglas A. Blackmon468 pages. - The Strategy of Nonviolence. %
Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter. Through CPBs Diversity and Innovation Fund, CPB and PBS are committed to investing in content like this that helps to tell Americas story, engages diverse viewers and encourages the use of emerging technologies to reach new audiences.. hbbd``b`v S4 Audio & Video Transcription Convert your audio or video into 99% accurate text by a professional. Paul. Required fields are marked *. [Description from PBS.]. Slavery by Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Smithsonian 103K views 11 years ago A Gathering of Old Men | Free Full Movie | 1987 | Drama | Louis. The peonage system represents one of the great failures of Reconstruction. Based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning book by Douglas Blackmon, Slavery By Another Name tells the stories of men, charged with crimes like vagrancy, and often guilty of nothing, who were bought and sold, abused, and subject to sometimes deadly working conditions as unpaid convict labor. >> that was sarah huckabee sanders on tuesday. Since 1940, even with all the problems that persist, since that time since 1970, even with all the problems that persist, African-Americans have achieved on a level economically and educationally, I think, that's unrivaled by any group of people in human history. Some were enslaved. He writes that it continued . wf^u*`9qh9O5}wDQfZf,QYo^' L6 zQb*SY7%FBa`fo8e>GX+Q6
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You make the argument that slavery didn't end in 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, not in 1865, when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, but 1942. After emancipation, industrialists replaced slaves with convicts, acquiring thousands from state and county governments. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking . The project will kick off at the end of February with an onlineOVEEscreening and panel discussion to introduce the initiative to a wide group of educators and encourage them to participate in workshops and use the educational materials in their classrooms. But the most damaging statutes were around vagrancy. By entering your email address and clicking Submit, you agree to receive updates from the Open Society Foundations about our work. That doesn't mean the movie is incomplete in anyway but that it opens so many doors. hY]o+|L]~;n uDMq
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Xc- from the book jacket. Whipping, keeping people chained up, brutal kinds of physical torture and mental abuse are the norm. Slavery by Another Name (PBS Documentary 2012).mp4-SD on Vimeo And . "Slavery by Another Name" challenges one of our country's most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of . Slavery by Another Name explores the new forms of slavery after the Civil War. "With PBS . It was almost impossible for a black man in the South, in the rural South, in the early 20th century not to be at risk of arrest at almost any time. MARY ELLEN CURTIN, historian: You can't drive free labor the same way that you can force prisoners to mine five tons of coal a day. African-Americans haven't had that long opportunity to recover from all the terrible damage of slavery. See production, box office & company info, Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America, Reconstruction: America after The Civil War, White Savior: Racism in the American Church, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, Excellent history of seldom covered information. We would leave the cells around 3:00 a.m. and return at 8:00 p.m., going the distance of three miles through rain or snow. This encouraged tenants to work to produce the biggest harvest that they could, and ensured they would remain tied to the land and unlikely to leave for other opportunities. In addition to Spike Lees feature films, he has worked extensively on the filmmakers documentary productions, including his Academy Award-nominated Four Little Girls; Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson; and Jim Brown All-American. Slavery by Another Name: Digital Storytelling, Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color. PBS- Slavery by Another Name Campbell 1.) dG"ineCW/xy]QYzZ"BeJt oG"9R&lf_q"u;q?#^E0j[O~Mm9TeO . He served as documentary producer of Henry Hamptons Blackside, Inc. production of Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords, and a producer of the Peabody Award-winning PBS series The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. is now the focus of a new educational project from. Please check your inbox to confirm. Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. Chat materials; Questions for Reflection. On the 140th anniversary, historical sites in several states are offering a more realistic . Thousands of Black people were forced into what authors have . The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were . DOUGLAS A. BLACKMON, author, "Slavery by Another Name": This is a place where for weeks or months at a time, men might never see daylight. Anti-KIRREL antibody (ab82804) at 1 g/ml (in 5% skim milk / PBS buffer) + HepG2 cell lysate at 10 g Secondary HRP conjugated anti-Rabbit IgG at 1/50000 dilution Predicted band size: 66 kDa Observed band size: 64 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted? endobj
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If you couldnt prove your employment at any moment, you were a criminal.. CALENDAR LISTING: Slavery By Another Name (2012), a new documentary based on Douglas Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book about insidious forms of forced labor that emerged in the American South following the Civil War, will be screened on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the . $29.95. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Overview Written by journalist Douglas Blackmon, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II is a searing and thorough account of the "new" form of slavery that continues throughout much of the South in the decades after the Civil War. Slavery by Another Name explores the new forms of slavery after the Civil War. endobj
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It receded for a time. A labor uprising to protest convict leasing led to the Coal Creek War. It helps support the operation of nearly 1,300 locally-owned and operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services. PBS is proud to present this compelling film, bringing together for the first time the talents of executive producer Catherine Allan (Benjamin Franklin and Hoop Dreams) and director/producer Sam Pollard (If God is Willing and Da Creek Dont Rise and By The People: The Election of Barack Obama)., Slavery by Another Name tells the story of an important part of our nations history, said Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Slavery by Another Name PBS, Saint Paul, MN. While states profited, prisoners earned no pay and faced inhumane, dangerous, and often deadly work conditions. Sams work around the African American experience in the South, especially on projects like Eyes on the Prize and The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, is so rich. 1 About Slavery by Another Name in the Classroom To increase the opportunities for young people to learn, interact, and engage around the history of forced labor, educational materials have been developed by Felicia Pride and Historians and actors describe it in this excerpt. The Re-Enslavement of African Americans This 90-minute PBS documentary, based upon the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Blackmon, eviscerates one of America's most cherished myths: the belief that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. 1h 24m. But beginning 20, 25 years, depending on the place, after the Civil War, a whole new regime of involuntary servitude began to be put in place all across the South, and hundreds of thousands of people were catastrophically affected. [Boston, MA] :PBS Distribution, 2012. warning Note: These citations are software generated and may contain errors. There was no crime of slavery. Photo: Michael A. Schwartz Photography. Blackmon was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and grew up in Leland, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta.He has said that the small town of 6,000 was evenly . It injured the whole country, because we deprived ourselves of the talent, and energy, and ambition, and abilities of this huge population of people that was getting bigger and bigger all the time. "Slavery by Another Name," based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, tells the story of the thousands of African-Americans who were arrested on trumped-up charges and forced to work as convict labor. In "Slavery by . Slavery by Another Name,a documentary film based on Douglas A. Blackmons Pulitzer Prizewinning book, turns that belief on its head. The country had been fighting over the role of African-Americans for almost a generation at that point. High interest rates, unpredictable harvests, and unscrupulous landlords and merchants often kept tenant farm families severely indebted, requiring the debt to be carried over until the next year or the next. Slavery by Another Name challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn about peonage. %PDF-1.5
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February 13, 2012 8:31 AM. But, overwhelmingly, this was something that happened to black people. A new document that airs tonight on PBS tells the story of how American citizens freed by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution remained under lock and key for decades afterward. Gwen Ifill. Gwen Ifill speaks with Douglas Blackmon, the films co-executive producer, about this largely forgotten piece of history and the forces that propelled it. But, instead, five months later, he died under horrible conditions in a coal mine outside of Birmingham owned by U.S. Steel Corporation. April 10, 2008. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality. Some were indentured servants. By Sam Pollard, Catherine Allan, Douglas Blackmon and Sheila Curran Bernard. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). But by the time Green Cottenham grew to adulthood in the first years of the 20th century, this whole new regime of laws had been put in place that essentially turned the American justice system on its head. Listening to my parents, my cousins, my aunts and uncles talk about living in the South its unconsciously informed a lot of what I do as a filmmaker.. The film documents how after the Civil War, repressive labor practices and laws pulled thousands of African Americans in the South back into new forms of slavery that lasted well into the 20thcentury. Go behind the scenes for the making of SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME. Slavery by Another Name Narrated by Laurence Fishburne Produced and Directed by Sam Pollard Executive Producer Catherine Allan Co-Executive Producer Douglas A. Blackmon Written by Sheila Curran Bernard Based on the book "Slavery by Another Name" by Douglas A. Blackmon Editor Jason L. Pollard Director of Photography Andrew Young PAUL, MN; JUNE 9, 2011 Slavery by Another Name, a new 90-minute documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Wall Street Journal senior writer Douglas A. Blackmon, explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation era and the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted well into the 20th century. Slavery by another name the re-enslavement of Black Americans from the . Americas history is complex, and Slavery by Another Name unravels this important part of the national story, said John F. Wilson, PBS chief TV programming executive. And it became an instrument of injustice, instead of a system of justice. So across the South, laws were passed to criminalize everyday African American life. x[_o8/GP+(R0n>k+[YKNofHI;q73}W=E~uy)wKXjv5],2p?d4|{&d'U S&db&1z/lw IV/O:Rg.u>/>|B>X9dJe c
{w$!XaRIFd_! The curriculum will strengthen crucial soft skills, such as teamwork, public speaking, time management, communication, self-confidence, and critical thinking, which are key to posthigh school success. 2010, updated 10th-anniversary edition released in 2020. We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. In many cases, they were sent to the South coal mines, including some owned by businessman and former slave owner John Milner. Some were elected to office. By Janet Maslin. And there were rafts of laws that effectively criminalized black life. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Ben Affleck's hometown paper labels him a 'white liberal' who hides 'truths about racism' for getting PBS series 'Finding Your Roots' to CENSOR the fact he was descended from slave owners: Actor . Thousands died. The project will educate African American and Latino boys and their teachers about this shameful and little-known chapter in American history. Now, a history of forced labor after the Civil War. - The Power of the Individual The free OVEE screening, which features clips from the documentary, will be moderated by Felicia Pride. A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, he's now the chair of the Miller Center Forum at the University of Virginia. Several times in this session, Dr. Moore highlighted the fuzzy distinction between complicity in and incitement of racist violence on the part of white institutional authority figures: the Compromise of 1877, convict leasing, and the culture of lynching. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced . Four million slaves have been freed by the 14th Amendment, with no one in charge but themselves. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Pressroom on Twitter. R_zu $9nNmdmt+$(0
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Excellent history of seldom covered information. Kellogg Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and CPB/PBS Diversity & Innovation Fund. He experienced some of the some of that period of time in which you had huge numbers of black people who voted. News. Slavery by Another Name Ep1 | 1h 24m 41s The Making of Slavery by Another Name Special | 9m 16s The Bricks We Stand On Special | 17m 55s Major funding for SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME provided by. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. It's a story of American history. Just check all flip PDFs from the author SCOH-PR. 1. In 2004 the PBS news program NOW and Newsweek magazine both reported that the Pentagon had quietly resumed its practice of domestic spying, and suggested that "something like Cointelpro may again be at hand." . What kinds of things did African-Americans do after gaining their freedom? The celebration of Juneteenth dates from 1865, when Texas slaves first learned the Civil War was over and they were free. Based on Douglas A. Blackmons Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the film illuminates how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, persisting until the onset of World War II. Find a "Changing America" exhibit in your community. Your email address will not be published. Slavery by Another Name is produced by tpt National Productions, a division of Twin Cities Public Television (tpt), the PBS affiliate for Minneapolis/St. Recursively sort the rest of the list, then insert the one left-over item where it belongs in the list, like adding a . But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. 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