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The Citizenship Project
Education: The Key to Freedom
A documentary about the African American struggle for educational equality in Tennessee.
First Black Statesmen: Tennessee's Self-Made Men
We’re taught that citizenship involves certain rights and duties but the reality for many citizens in minority communities, these rights of citizenship are not automatically granted. Nashville Public Television’s original series The Citizenship Project explores these stories, one hundred years after the Civil War and into the 20th century.
First Black Statesmen: Tennessee's Self-Made Men
The Citizenship Project Episode 1 | 28m 10s | CC
At the close of the Civil War, former slaves won freedom, but citizenship and the right to vote were still five years away. However, Tennessee would grant freedmen access to the ballot box three years before federal ratification of the 15th Amendment, opening the way for black men to vote and represent their community for the first time.
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