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Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle at Arkansas Tech University: Slavery by Another Name

"Created Equal" is a film, lecture, and discussion series about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in U.S. history. The program provides opportunities for students, public, and scholars to discuss historical research and learning.

Slavery by Another Name

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Slavery by Another Name

Even as slavery ended in the south after the Civil War, new forms of forced labor kept thousands of African Americans in bondage until the onset of World War II. Based on the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title by Douglas Blackmon. Produced and directed by Sam Pollard. Catherine Allan, executive producer for Twin Cities Public Television. Douglas A. Blackmon, co-executive producer. A production of TPT National Productions, in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc.

Slavery by Another Name challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The documentary recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that would persist until the onset of World War II.

Based on Blackmon’s research, Slavery by Another Name spans eight decades, from 1865 to 1945, revealing the interlocking forces in both the South and the North that enabled this “neoslavery” to begin and persist.  Using archival photographs and dramatic re-enactments filmed on location in Alabama and Georgia, it tells the forgotten stories of both victims and perpetrators of neoslavery and includes interviews with their descendants living today.  The program also features interviews with Douglas Blackmon and with leading scholars of this period.

Slavery by Another Name challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The documentary recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that would persist until the onset of World War II.

Based on Blackmon’s research, Slavery by Another Name spans eight decades, from 1865 to 1945, revealing the interlocking forces in both the South and the North that enabled this “neoslavery” to begin and persist.  Using archival photographs and dramatic re-enactments filmed on location in Alabama and Georgia, it tells the forgotten stories of both victims and perpetrators of neoslavery and includes interviews with their descendants living today.  The program also features interviews with Douglas Blackmon and with leading scholars of this period.

- See more at: http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/pbs-film/#sthash.mAy93rKw.dpuf

Visit the PBS website for more information about this film: 

 http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/pbs-film/

Watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/watch/

Dr. Pete Dykema, Professor of History will led a discussion after the screening of Slavery by Another Name.

 

Classrom and Community Materials

A major goal of Slavery by Another Name is to introduce the little-known story of forced labor to the widest possible audience, first through a powerful documentary and then through a rich variety of “beyond broadcast” elements and activities. Use this link to obtain a copy of the Community Viewing Guidehttp://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/classrooms/

Interactive Map/Timeline of Slavery & Forced Labor in the United States, 1860-1950