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Breaking the silence: Lillian Smith

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Statement Of Responsibility A:
produced and directed by Hal Jacobs & Henry Jacobs ; writing & archival research, Hal Jacobs.
Imprint Main A:
[LaGrange, GA] : [HJacobs Creative], [2020]
Resource Type A:
Video
Physical Media A:
Online

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Lillian Smith (1897-1966) was one of the first white southern authors to speak out against white supremacy and segregation. A child of the South, she was seen as a traitor to the South for her stance on racial and gender equality. A friend of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr., she used her fame after writing a bestselling novel ("Strange Fruit") to denounce the toxic social conditions that repressed the lives and imaginations of both blacks and whites. With her lifelong partner Paula Snelling, she educated privileged white girls at her summer camp in north Georgia and tried to open their minds to a world of compassion and creativity.

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Variant Title:
Lillian Smith: Breaking the silence
Published:
[LaGrange, GA] : [HJacobs Creative], [2020]
©2019
Language:
English
Credits:
Director of photography, Cedric Macbeth.
Performers/Participants:
Interviewees: Craig Amason, Patricia Bell-Scott, Julia Brock, Brenda Bynum, Nannette Curran, Nancy Smith Fichter, Rose Gladney, Lonnie King, Susan Montgomery, Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., Emily Pierce, Diane Roberts, Tommye Scanlin, George Yancy.
Notes:
In English; English closed captioning.
Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 54 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Description Details:
Color characteristics: polychrome
Recording type: digital
File type: video file
OCLC Number:
1227042515
System ID:
009776696

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