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Trailer: Bright Road starring Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte - 1953

Submitted by Roland Faust on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 21:21
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Millions have read about this amazing girl ...
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BRIGHT ROAD

To see Bright Road will be a delight -
To miss it ... a regret -
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Beauty of story -
Heart interest -
Splendid performances -
Laughter ... And tears -

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and popular singer, and was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Black Colleges During Wartime - 1944

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sat, 01/31/2009 - 14:51
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This documentary produced by the US War Department commences with a stone memorial to Booker T. Washington. We are then presented with an overview of how African-American universities were contributing the nation’s effort during World War II.

With “Progress through education and industry” the rallying call, an overview of how institutions like Tuskegee, Prairie View, Howard, and Hampton are putting in their effort.

Notable cameos include Tuskegee Airmen, scientist George Washington Carver, and Dr. Charles Richard Drew.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sun, 01/18/2009 - 16:43
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The full version of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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New Deal: We Work Again - 1930's

Submitted by Roland Faust on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 20:45
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We Work Again is a US government civic-minded film aimed specifically at the unemployed African American population in the wake of the Great Depression.

Produced by the Work Projects Administration, the largest New Deal agency, We Work Again works to illustrate how black citizens would not be left out of the FDR's relief plan. We Work Again includes rare documentary footage of the Depression era, depictions of the New Deal in effect, and a rousing choir of singers, ending the film on a hopeful note.

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