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All Programs / The glory road

The stories of African-Americans who have helped make the United States what it is today.

Available Episodes

1966-03-29Mary McLeod Bethune00:14:14
1966-03-29James Beckwourth00:14:17
1966-03-15Crispus Attucks00:14:02
1966-03-15The Colson Family00:12:16
1966-02-25Benjamin Davis, Jr.00:14:32
1966-02-25Martin Luther King, Jr.00:13:22
1966-02-15A. Philip Randolph00:13:01
1966-02-15Matthew Henson00:15:33
1966-02-01Robert Smalls00:14:38
1966-02-01Frederick Douglass00:14:40
1966-01-18Phillis Wheatley00:14:08
1966-01-18Harriet Tubman00:14:47
1965-11-30Jean Baptiste Point du Sable00:14:54
1965-11-30Benjamin Banneker00:14:48

Related Materials

    Subjects
    African American History; African Americans--History--Drama; Attucks, Crispus, -1770; Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806; Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866; Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955; Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Early U.S. History; Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Pointe de Sable, Jean Baptiste, 1745?-1818; Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979; Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915; Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913; United States--History; Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
    Creators
    Foster, Sally B.; Francis, Gladys B.; Ikes, Gene; Lederer, Chloe.; Russell, Steve; Wiser, Norman
    Contributors
    Lederer, Chloe.; Russell, Steve
    Genres
    Docudrama; History
    Time Periods
    1960-1969

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