Black History: A Retrospective features an in-depth collection of documentaries and programs chronicling the contributions and accomplishments of the most prominent and influential African-Americans throughout the history of the United States. From the oppression and hardship during the time of the Civil War to civil rights movements that paved the way to this country’s first African-American president, this 39 program set is the definitive retrospective of Black History in America.

Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
Run Time: 1080 minutes

This exciting [amazon_textlink asin=’B002WBYDLC’ text=’3 DVD set’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’dhisrupt888-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’01ae254f-1427-11e8-937e-d9243bc41e4d’] features a rare collection of documentary features which celebrate the life, culture and accomplishments of history’s most influential and prominent African Americans including:

Influential and prominent African Americans including:

Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Maggie Lena Walker
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Paul Robeson
Joe Louis
Scott Joplin
W.C. Handy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Carl Lewis
Barack Obama

Documentaries include:

African Americans in World War II
African Burial Ground Vol. 1
African Burial Ground Vol. 2
African Burial Ground Vol. 3
African Burial Ground Vol. 4
Black Wings – The American Black in Aviation
Booker T. Washington – The life And legacy
Barack Obama – The Power of Hope
Carl Lewis on his Career
Frederick Douglass – An American Life
Henry Browne – Farmer
Highlights of The 1936 Olympics Berlin
Integration Report
Jan Matzeliger
Larry Lebby and Stone Lithography
Lou Stovall
March in Washington
Malcolm X Nationalist or Humanist
Martin Luther King – Civil Rights Roundtable
Negro Colleges in War Time
Newsreel The Black Panthers
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Robeson – The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Poverty in America
Scott Joplin
The Brown Bomber
The Civil War
The Life of Maggie Lena Walker
The Longines Chronoscope Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
The Negro in Entertainment
The Negro in Industry
The Negro in Sports
The Negro Sailor
The Negro Soldier
The Open Mind – New Negro With Martin Luther King
The Plantation System in Southern Life
To Do Battle in The Land
W.C. Handy
We Work Again
What About Prejudice?