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American experience

Companion Web site to the PBS series, "The American Experience."

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Contributor to Resource
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Online

Date of Original
1997

Subject
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--United States

People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Till-Mobley, Mamie, d. 2003

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5

Medium
instructional materials
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texts (document genres)
documentaries and factual works
study guides
timelines (chronologies)
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Type
Collection

Description
Web site companion to the PBS series "American Experience." Provides information about programs, links to companion Web sites, a broadcast schedule, and information for kids and teachers. Civil rights programs in the series include the Eyes on the Prize program, biographies of Alabama governor George Wallace, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a documentary of the murder of Emmett Till., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/

Rights Holder
Web site ©1997-2008 WGBH Educational Foundation.

Contributing Institution
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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