AS WE SEE IT: 22 YEARS SINCE LITTLE ROCK (TV)
Summary
One in this series of educational programs that discusses the desegregation of America's high schools. In this program, Little Rock Central High School is looked at twenty-two years after it was desegregated. Topics include the following: the history of the high school; the activities that used to go on at Central before blacks were allowed to attend classes; the group of black students, who became known as "The Little Rock Nine," who entered the school in 1957 under much protest; ways black students could gain acceptence at an all-white school; the increase in racial tensions in the 1970s; the hiring of the first black principal; and how Little Rock Central High School has flourished since the election of the first black student body president.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WTTW Chicago, IL
- DATE: March 12, 1980 Saturday 10:30 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:38019
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Blacks - Education; Desegregation; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: WTTW (Chicago, IL) - TV series, 1977-1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Hirsh … Executive Producer
- Carole Cartwright … Executive Producer
- Chris Pechin … Producer, Director, Writer
- Regina Miyamoto … Associate Producer
- Tim Best … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- Sharon Jewell … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- Joe Madden … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- Virginia Martin … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- Claudia Nolan … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- Roosevelt Thompson … Co-Producer, Student Co-Producer
- David Crosby … Music by