Bill Moyers Journal. Slavery, Race, and Inequality in America

Description

The Pew Research Center recently reported that black Americans are more dissatisfied with their progress than at any time in the past quarter century. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers gets perspective from historical and cultural sociologist Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury, an economist and expert on race and social division. Moyers also interviews the Wall Street Journal's Douglas Blackmon about his book Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. In addition, the program previews the P.O.V. documentary Traces of the Trade, an examination of racial inequality in America through the prisms of the legacy of slavery and the current socioeconomic landscape.

Runtime

57 min

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2012], c2008

Database

Films on Demand

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