Civil Rights Heroes
Brief Synopsis
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The program profiles some of the men and women who have been unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, including Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Bill Russell, famous personalities, but less well known for their work on behalf of equal rights. Also featured are Bertha Mae Carter, whose family was the onl
Cast & Crew
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Jonathan Talmadge
Director
Gloria Dickerson
Connie Curry
Harry Smith
Beverly Carter
Bill Russell
Film Details
Also Known As
Biography (02/28/01), Biography Close-Up: Civil Rights Heroes
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
The program profiles some of the men and women who have been unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, including Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Bill Russell, famous personalities, but less well known for their work on behalf of equal rights. Also featured are Bertha Mae Carter, whose family was the only one to take up their home county's invitation to integrate the all-white school; and Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, whose act of defiance led to the integration of interstate buses.
Cast
Gloria Dickerson
Connie Curry
Harry Smith
Beverly Carter
Bill Russell
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Crew
Rick Albright
Sound
Sara Bader
Associate Producer
Mark C Burns
Editor
Ed Campbell
Sound Mixer
Anthony Cobbs
Camera
Carolanne Dolan
Executive Producer
Jeff Duncan
Sound
Hernert Forsberg
Camera
Don Friedell
Camera
Aaron Frutman
Camera
Mark Gunning
Camera
Alison Guss
Producer
Bill Head
Camera
Susan E Leventhal
Executive Producer
Christina Lowery
Producer
Christina Lowery
Writer
John Maliszewski
Camera
Gilles Morin
Camera
Ralph Pitre
Animator
David Poole
Camera
Robert Reed
Camera
Elizabeth Soriano
Associate Producer
Jonathan Talmadge
Producer
Jonathan Talmadge
Writer
Jeff Weinstock
Camera
Leah R Williams
Researcher
Film Details
Also Known As
Biography (02/28/01), Biography Close-Up: Civil Rights Heroes
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
