During the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt commissioned writers and folklorists, the most notable being the esteemed writer Zora Neale Hurston, to travel throughout the South and capture the voices of the last living victims of American chattel slavery. What grew out of this research was volumes and volumes of interviews from the last living enslaved Africans. Their accounts are in a word, riveting.
Your task is to view the theatrical portrayals of these irreplaceable stories and chose at least one to highlight as your favorite and please explain why it stands out to you.
Click on the video to view U.S. History. I am sure that you will recognize many of the actors participating in this brilliant project.
The following lecture addresses the attempts by former slave owners and their supporters to reinstitute slavery after the Civil War. After you view this video, you should leave a comment regarding not only what you learned but also any reactions that you have. Make sure that you interact with others as we seek to build a vibrant intellectual community for this course.
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