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Out of obscurity / Out of obscurity : the story of the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in. Story of the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in. a film from California Newsreel ; co-directed by Matt Spangler and Eddie Becker ; written and produced by Matt Spangler ; co-produced by Beth Ann Schmitt. - 1 videocassette (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 1/2 in. - polyester 1/2 in.

"Copyright 1999 River Road Productions."

Directors of photography, Eddie Becker, Seth Groms ; edited by Chad George. Directors of photography, Eddie Becker, Seth Groms ; edited by Chad George.

Narrated by Dr. Julian Bond.

Details a little-known chapter in civil rights history. In 1939 five young men staged what is believed to be the nation's first sit-in at a public library just outside Washington, DC, to protest the "separate, but equal" treatment of African-Americans. Includes a dramatization of the 1939 sit-in and a look at the role of local civil rights activist Samuel Wilbert Taylor.


VHS.


Public performance rights included.

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990.
Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civil rights demonstrations--Virginia--Alexandria.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Virginia--Alexandria--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation--History--Virginia--Alexandria--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation.
Civil rights demonstrations.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Race relations.
African Americans.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Virginia--Race relations--History--20th century.
Virginia.
Virginia--Alexandria.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
History.