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Into the Fire (1861-1890) (Season 1, Episode 3)
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TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary
From PBS: "Into the Fire" examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African ...See moreFrom PBS: "Into the Fire" examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their liberation - by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom - rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding economic, political and civil rights; even winning elected office - but a few years later, an intransigent South mounted a swift and vicious campaign of terror to restore white supremacy and roll back African-American rights. Yet the achievements of Reconstruction remained in the collective memory of the African-American community. See less
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Director
Jamila Wignot
Writer
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (as Henry Louis Gates)
Composer
Paul Brill
Cinematographers
Stephen McCarthy (co-cinematographer) | Graham Smith
Editors
K.A. Miille | Nancy Novack | Michael Weingrad
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Status
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Updated Nov 5, 2013
Release date
Nov 5, 2013 (United States)
Awards
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5 wins

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