How Jim Crow affected life in Penn. (Documentary/PBS)
This month, WQED premieres a new documentary called Jim Crow Pennsylvania, hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer Chris Moore.
Jim Crow Pennsylvania, Thursday, February 8 at 8pm; Friday, February 9 at 10pm; Saturday, February 10 at 1am; Sunday, February 11 at 3pm; and Sunday, February 25 at 5pm.
This WQED-produced documentary looks at how 'Jim Crow' practices affected black Pennsylvanians: the first African American family to purchase a home in Levittown; the role of the Pullman Porters in Pittsburgh and their work with labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph, who founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and later organized African American steelworkers; the 1911 lynching that forever changed Coatesville; and other stirring stories of victory and struggle.
Jim Crow Pennsylvania includes archival footage from Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the WQED archives, and period photographs from the Carnegie Museum's Teenie Harris Collection.
The program highlights some of the people who suffered but survived the harsh practices and are willing to tell their stories. Historical context is provided by Dr. Thomas Sugrue of the University of Pennsylvania and by footage of the late Dr. Edna McKenzie, a Pittsburgh historian and former Pittsburgh Courier journalist.
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Jim Crow Pennsylvania, Thursday, February 8 at 8pm; Friday, February 9 at 10pm; Saturday, February 10 at 1am; Sunday, February 11 at 3pm; and Sunday, February 25 at 5pm.
This WQED-produced documentary looks at how 'Jim Crow' practices affected black Pennsylvanians: the first African American family to purchase a home in Levittown; the role of the Pullman Porters in Pittsburgh and their work with labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph, who founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and later organized African American steelworkers; the 1911 lynching that forever changed Coatesville; and other stirring stories of victory and struggle.
Jim Crow Pennsylvania includes archival footage from Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the WQED archives, and period photographs from the Carnegie Museum's Teenie Harris Collection.
The program highlights some of the people who suffered but survived the harsh practices and are willing to tell their stories. Historical context is provided by Dr. Thomas Sugrue of the University of Pennsylvania and by footage of the late Dr. Edna McKenzie, a Pittsburgh historian and former Pittsburgh Courier journalist.