By Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations August 8, 2011 2:49 p.m. EDT Editor’s note: The following story contains language some readers may consider offensive. Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — On a recent Sunday morning just before dawn, two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi, on what the county district attorney says [...]
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Find more videos like this on Adiama Network: Carrying on the TraditionSegment from the powerful documentary: Goin’ to Chicago – Interview subjects recall their lives in the South as members of sharecropping families. Sharecropping was a system by which landowners rented land to farmers in exchange for a percentage of their crop. The life of [...] 1975 16mm documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The stories include include folk and religious tales, jokes, toast telling sessions, and characters from African American oral tradition. FULL DOCUMENTARY |
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