The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow : Don't Shout Too Soon (1917-1940) (2002)
Directed by Richard Wormser / Bill Jersey / Sam Pollard
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Race & Ethnicity, Social History, Biography, Politics & Government |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
"Don't Shout Too Soon" (Part 3 of four) spans the years between the two world wars. Some 200,000 "new negroes" fought in World War I. "We return fighting" (for equality), proclaimed W.E.B. DuBois. There was much to fight against, beginning with lynching. The visionary DuBois fought back in the pages of the NAACP's journal, The Crisis, but disputes with the more tactical-minded NAACP chief Walter White led to DuBois' departure in 1934. The next year, Charles Hamilton Houston signed on as legal counsel. Says historian Bryan Stevenson: "He transformed the legal culture in this country."
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Keywords
segregation, African-American, racism, civil-liberties, white-supremacy, lynching
