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Podcast title The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS
Website URL http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcro...
Description Listen to compelling first-hand accounts by people who experienced, endured, and survived Jim Crow.
Updated Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:00 EST
Category TV
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Law
Storytelling
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Episodes

1. Jim Crow Narrative: Wilhelmina Baldwin
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Description: Baldwin recounts stories of segregation involving cars, curfews, and one particular young, white child firmly ensconced in the Jim Crow mentality.

2. Jim Crow Narrative: George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.
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Description: Butterfield tells the story of when his uncle died because the white doctor did not arrive after more than eight hours after the accident.

3. Jim Crow Narrative: Thomas Christopher Columbus Chatmon
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Description: Chatmon recalls the tale of his hard-working father, who was intent upon sending his son to school, and the white man who stole all his earnings.

4. Jim Crow Narrative: Olivia Cherry
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Description: What's in a name? According to Cherry, it's a source of respect and dignity, and she didn't let anyone take that away.

5. Jim Crow Narrative: Charles Gratton
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Description: Growing up with Jim Crow, Gratton sometimes felt there wasn't any other way to live. Here he tells of his indoctrination by his mother, among other memories.

6. Jim Crow Narrative: Edwilda Isaac
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Description: Isaac remembers her college years, when she had to confront the ignorance of her schoolmates and absurd lies and stereotypes about black people.

7. Jim Crow Narrative: James Jones
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Description: James Jones spent World War II serving his country. During this time, he experienced the strength, determination, and daring of his fellow black soldiers. He also shares a vivid memory of a concentration camp he helped liberate.

8. Jim Crow Narrative: Money Kirby
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Description: Kirby aslo was a soldier during World War II. He recalls a life-and-death situation that tested the tenacity of bigotry and its humorous resolution.

9. Jim Crow Narrative: Maurice Lucas
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Description: With ugly truth, Lucas explains the lengths to which white people went in order to prevent blacks from voting, even to the point of poisoning an entire population.

10. Jim Crow Narrative: James Nix
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Description: Nix shares his memories of Jim Crow involving his father, a murder, and how the authorities didn't think much of it.

11. Jim Crow Narrative: John Harrison Volter
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Description: Volter offers his own theory about the Ku Klux Klan, its formation, motivation, and its manipulation of the lower white class to empower the rich.