Civil Rights

Reference note: 'Actor Tom Hanks narrates this animated short film about the contested 1876 election, the results of which still reverberate today. After the Civil War, the country was on the verge of another outbreak of violence. But in a deal that sacrificed Black Americans' rights, the north and south agreed on peace — and white supremacy. Read more: https://wapo.st/1876
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Credits:
Produced & written by Jeffery Robinson
Produced, directed & edited by Emily Kuntsler & Sarah Kuntsler
Produced by Andrea Crabtree
Co-produced by Dianna Cherry & Jenna Kelley
Executive Produced by Tom Hanks
Narrated by Tom Hanks
Art direction and animation by Reginal William Butler
Music by Kathryn Bostic
Post production services - C.A. Sound, Inc
Supervising editor & re-recording mixer - Coll Anderson, M.P.S.E.
Sound effects editors - Katrina Henson & Matt Snedecor
Production legal - Laverne Berry
A production of Off Center Media & Playtone with The Who We Are Project www.thewhoweareproject.org'

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This seven minute short animation is from Washington Post Opinion. The film is produced and narrated by Tom Hanks and uses archival images from the Library of Congress and others and was inspired by the illustrations of Thomas Nast.

I think it’s a wonderful professional example of how students might tell a story, using animations, from Library of Congress primary sources. Their examples might not be as sophisticated but they could certainly parse some slide animations from primary sources using their own voice as narration after researching a civil rights or other topic and then export as a movie. Their learning from the research on the topic and the research in the Library for the images will be enhanced by their engagement with animation and the telling of the story.

An excellent example of how students can use animations to draw attention to the main point of each slide! Simple and effective. I appreciated the line drawn from the election of 1876 to today, although it was so brief that perhaps students could pick from events (Tulsa, Little Rock, voter rights legislation, peaceful protests, and much more) to animate the continuing story of racism in the United States.

This is wonderful...in a horrible way. I just finished a primary source traveling trunk on Resisting Jim Crow and this will be an excellent addition!

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