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The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

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News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar institution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC, and speaks with both descendants…

DirectorPeter Davis

WriterPeter Davis

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Cast · Directed by Peter Davis

George Foster

Self - Reporter

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Self - Senior Editor, 'Ebony' Magazine (as Lerone Bennett Jr.)

Henry Butler

Self (as Rev. Henry Butler)

Fannie Lou Hamer

Self

James E. Turner

Self -Political Sociology Instructor, Northwestern University

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