The Negro American
Solis-Jones Prods.; dist. Bailey Films, Inc.; Wr./Dir. John Paul Jones; Prod. Jim Solis
Well-meaning cartoon drawings exploring the history of African Americans from slavery to present day 1960s. Blacks shown integrated into everyday life - judge, secretary, factory workers etc. African jungle village - slave trade montage - cotton seeding - Whitney & cotton gin - more slaves needed for increased harvest - slave auction.
07:18:44 Racism scenes - signs ‘Negroes Not Welcome’ - ‘No Colored’ etc. Quaker abolitionists - anti-slavery movement & intimidation - Frederic Douglas - schools burned. Benjamin Franklin school.
07:22:54 Booker T. Washington & Tuskegee Institute - George Washington Carver.
07:24:12 Ku Klux Klan scenes. Contributions of Black Americans - fighting in Civil War - Harlem Renaissance. “Education of the negro alone isn’t enough to guarantee them all the privileges and opportunities of full freedom as American citizens...superstition and ignorance can be wiped out only by the education of all Americans, Negro and White”. Some striking imagery.
Animation; Civil Rights; Equality; Race; Prejudice; US History.
NOTE: Although this item is probably Publc Domain (No copyright notice, not listed in 60s registrations & not on copyright office website), Client must sign acknowledgment of responsibility for any possible rights.
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The Negro American Solis-Jones Prods.; dist. Bailey Films, Inc.; Wr./Dir. John Paul Jones; Prod. Jim Solis Well-meaning cartoon drawings exploring the history of African Americans from slavery to present day 1960s. Blacks shown integrated into everyday life - judge, secretary, factory workers etc. African jungle village - slave trade montage - cotton seeding - Whitney & cotton gin - more slaves needed for increased harvest - slave auction. 07:18:44 Racism scenes - signs ‘Negroes Not Welcome’ - ‘No Colored’ etc. Quaker abolitionists - anti-slavery movement & intimidation - Frederic Douglas - schools burned. Benjamin Franklin school. 07:22:54 Booker T. Washington & Tuskegee Institute - George Washington Carver. 07:24:12 Ku Klux Klan scenes. Contributions of Black Americans - fighting in Civil War - Harlem Renaissance. “Education of the negro alone isn’t enough to guarantee them all the privileges and opportunities of full freedom as American citizens...superstition and ignorance can be wiped out only by the education of all Americans, Negro and White”. Some striking imagery. Animation; Civil Rights; Equality; Race; Prejudice; US History. NOTE: Although this item is probably Publc Domain (No copyright notice, not listed in 60s registrations & not on copyright office website), Client must sign acknowledgment of responsibility for any possible rights.