Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:15
A Profile of Four Black Women: Look Upon Them and Be Renewed
VHS, 40 min., 1981 Study guide available
Patricia McGraw brings to life the personalities and stories of four notable black women: Phillis Wheatley reveals her talent in composing neoclassical poetry in colonial America; Harriet Tubman speaks movingly about slavery, freedom and the Underground Railroad; Sojourner Truth displays her fearless commitment to the abolitionist and feminist causes; Rosa Parks describes the mixture of humiliation and triumph in her heart as she sits on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Patricia McGraw brings to life the personalities and stories of four notable black women: Phillis Wheatley reveals her talent in composing neoclassical poetry in colonial America; Harriet Tubman speaks movingly about slavery, freedom and the Underground Railroad; Sojourner Truth displays her fearless commitment to the abolitionist and feminist causes; Rosa Parks describes the mixture of humiliation and triumph in her heart as she sits on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Category:
African American Studies