Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives

Throughout the 1930s, journalists and writers accumulated stories and photographs from former African-American slaves and compiled more than 2300 first-person accounts of this horrifying period in American history. This documentary project contains some of these histories, read by prominent African-American actors such as Oprah Winfrey, Ossie Davis, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Ruby Dee, and Angela Bassett. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.

Roots of Resistance: American Experience

Roots of Resistance: American Experience

1990
NR
60 minutes

The heroic story of the Underground Railroad, a secret network designed to help African-Americans escape the horrors of slavery, comes to life in this moving installment of the PBS series "The American Experience." The program chronicles the creation of the organization as well as its intricate workings. Highlights include interviews with historians, as well as descendants of slaves and slave owners.

1780-1865 Underground Railroad