| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Michael Schultz. |
| Cast |
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne, Janet MacLachlan, Paul Winfield. |
| Summary |
The true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community. Despite death threats and physical assaults on his family, Evers vows to stay in Jackson until mission is complete. This mission is, however, cut short when he is assassinated outside his home. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Drama.
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Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Schultz, Michael, 1938- film director.
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Davis, Ossie, screenwriter.
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Rotcop, Ken, screenwriter, film producer.
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Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
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Cara, Irene, 1959- actor.
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Avery, Margaret, actor.
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Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
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Kozlowski, Alan, director of photography.
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Keramidas, Harry, editor of moving image work.
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Fried, Gerald, composer.
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Based on: Evers-Williams, Myrlie.
For us, the living.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Medgar Evers story |
| Music No. |
MWT11805968 |
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