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Awakenings, 1954-1956

S1 · E1 · 21 Jan 1987 · 1 hr 0 min

Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

Directing

Judith Vecchione · Director

Writing

Judith Vecchione · Writer

Production

Jo Ann Mathieu · Production Manager

Judith Vecchione · Producer

Llewellyn M. Smith · Associate Producer

Editing

Daniel Eisenberg · Editor

Victoria Garvin · Assistant Editor