Title. Pt. 1 of 2
18:36:03 INT Lincoln Memorial. Statue of Booker T. Washington. Dramatization of Booker’s childhood w/ log cabin ext.
18:36:22 Int. SOF Black Mother & 3 children at dinner table in shack, mother explains why she prays for freedom from slavery: “...we gets to draw free breath...we gets to go to school like a white man”. Tells Booker she wants him to get an education.
18:37:49 CU 1865 Proclamation ending slavery. CU feet walking; Booker in schoolroom after emancipation, working at salt mine in West Virginia. Defeatist attitude of older men “you just a black boy, ain’t no key to open that door to you or any of us; its a White man’s world.”
18:39:04 Booker walks into Hampton College office, asks to enroll after walking miles. Principal General Armstrong & school secretary put him to work for his board.
18:40:19 Booker as a grown man after graduation, receives letter from General Armstrong asking him to come back to Hampton to teach. Talks w/ Armstrong about teaching. Booker: “I believe its the route to the second Emancipation, the real freedom from the slavery of the ignorance & superstition.” Armstrong tells him he’s recommended him for another job teaching Negroes in Tuskegee, Alabama - no one else wants job. CU telegram dated 1881 approving Booker for job.
18:42:27 Booker teaching at pulpit of old church w/ Black holding umbrella to shield him from leaky roof. INT plantation bought by Booker to serve as school house; secretary brings in a student’s mother to see him - not happy about his teaching methods. Booker explains he is trying to teach them something useful for the community. Secretary brings in a letter “...from a White group threatening to run us out.”
History; Race / Racism; Segregation; Civil Rights; Ethnic; Education; 1800s; Teaching; Biography;
NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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Title. Pt. 1 of 2 18:36:03 INT Lincoln Memorial. Statue of Booker T. Washington. Dramatization of Booker’s childhood w/ log cabin ext. 18:36:22 Int. SOF Black Mother & 3 children at dinner table in shack, mother explains why she prays for freedom from slavery: “...we gets to draw free breath...we gets to go to school like a white man”. Tells Booker she wants him to get an education. 18:37:49 CU 1865 Proclamation ending slavery. CU feet walking; Booker in schoolroom after emancipation, working at salt mine in West Virginia. Defeatist attitude of older men “you just a black boy, ain’t no key to open that door to you or any of us; its a White man’s world.” 18:39:04 Booker walks into Hampton College office, asks to enroll after walking miles. Principal General Armstrong & school secretary put him to work for his board. 18:40:19 Booker as a grown man after graduation, receives letter from General Armstrong asking him to come back to Hampton to teach. Talks w/ Armstrong about teaching. Booker: “I believe its the route to the second Emancipation, the real freedom from the slavery of the ignorance & superstition.” Armstrong tells him he’s recommended him for another job teaching Negroes in Tuskegee, Alabama - no one else wants job. CU telegram dated 1881 approving Booker for job. 18:42:27 Booker teaching at pulpit of old church w/ Black holding umbrella to shield him from leaky roof. INT plantation bought by Booker to serve as school house; secretary brings in a student’s mother to see him - not happy about his teaching methods. Booker explains he is trying to teach them something useful for the community. Secretary brings in a letter “...from a White group threatening to run us out.” History; Race / Racism; Segregation; Civil Rights; Ethnic; Education; 1800s; Teaching; Biography; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.