-----Original Message----- From: National Economics Association [mailto:NEA-L at listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Alfred_Edwards at CCMAIL.BUS.UMICH.EDU Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:09 PM To: NEA-L at listserv.nd.edu Subject: PBS - AFRICANS IN AMERICA (fwd)
Please make special note of this
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:24:32 -0400 From: denise dyson <denised at umich.edu> To: abpafs-1 at umich.edu Subject: PBS - AFRICANS IN AMERICA
>Hello,
>
> Please spread the word on the upcoming "AFRICANS IN AMERICA" TV Series
> Public Broadcasting will soon air a new series, "AFRICANS IN AMERICA:
>
> America's Journey Through Slavery." This is described as "the first
> comprehensive television history of the international events leading to
>the growth of racial slavery in the United States."
>
> Expected to draw more than 20 million viewers nationwide, the AFRICANS
>IN AMERICA series will air Monday, Oct. 19 through Thursday, Oct. 22,
>1998 at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on PBS. The Fannie Mae Foundation sponsors the
>series as part of its education outreach efforts designed to reach African
>Americans.
>
> "The AFRICANS IN AMERICA series will be a unique educational
>opportunity for all Americans to learn more and understand this nation's
>complex history," said James A. Johnson, chairman of the Fannie Mae
Foundation.
>
> AFRICANS IN AMERICA will be presented in four 90-minute episodes. The
>series will take viewers on a journey from this country's earliest days as
>an English settlement, through its war for independence, to its rise as an
> international economic power before the Civil War. The series will show
>the dramatic impact of the struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping our
>country.
>
> AFRICANS IN AMERICA is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston, and was filmed
>on location across twelve states and three continents. The series includes
>new scholarship by noted experts from around the United States and the
>world.
>
> Episode One, Terrible Transformation (1607-1750), details the
>circumstances under which the first Africans arrived in America.
>
> Episode Two, Revolution (1750-1805), highlights the increasing tension
> between the Colonists and England, with the Colonists pressing for
>freedom from the crown and their domestic policies.
>
> Episode Three, Brotherly Love (1781-1834), follows the struggles of
>both freedmen and fugitive slaves, aided by the growing number of
>abolitionist societies as they challenged the new nation to live up to the
>ideals of the revolution.
>
> Episode Four, Judgment Day (1831-1861), examines the denouement of the
> ante-bellum South and the final years before the Civil War.
>
> Further details are available at:
>
> http://www.pbs.org/africansinamerica
>
> http://www.pbs.org/africansinamerica
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