Dynamics of Desegregation; With Some Deliberate Speed
Description:
Dr. Pettigrew discusses what he feels are the five distinct stages of the desegregation process since the Supreme Court decision of 1954 (school integration). He comments on the Little Rock incidents. The last phase of Pettigrew's stages of desegregation is, he hopes, the final - the death of segregation. Guest Dr. Martin Luther King adds to the hope that segregation is breaking up by the very process of modern times, aided by the increased determination of the Negro himself. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) Dynamics of Desegregation is an intensive study of race relations in the United States. With particular emphasis on the South, Harvard Professor, Thomas Pettigrew looks at the historical, political, psychological, personal and cultural aspects of segregation. Specific examples of discrimination toward the American Negro are cited, with special films and dramatic vignettes underscoring Dr. Pettigrews narrative. Special guests join the professor in several episodes to explain the integration movement in the South. This series is not without bias. It is, indeed, a strong statement in support of integration. Thomas F. Pettigrew is an assistant professor of social psychology at Harvard University. A white integration leader with national reputation, Dr. Pettigrew was born in the South. He is the co-author (with Ernest Campbell) of Christians in Racial Crisis, published in 1959 by Public Affairs Press, Washington D.C. He is currently [at the time of production] at work on a new book which will be based on this television series. Dynamics of Desegregation is a production of WGBH-TV. The 15 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
