Harriet Tubman Resources: Audio-Visual Resources

Based on the book by Marcy Heidish, this was originally released as a television special in 1978. Starring Cicely Tyson, Robert Hooks, and Will Geer, with narration by Orson Welles.

Adapted from the book Harriet Tubman, Antislavery Activist by M.W. Taylor, part of the Black Americans of achievement video collection.

In addition to examining archival photographs, records and artifacts and interviews with national experts and descendants of slaves, conductors, and abolitionists, this program visits homes which were used as shelters. Program highlights Rochester, NY, where passengers were hidden by Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman and others.

Originally broadcast on PBS October 19-22, 1998. 4 Videocassettes + Teacher's Guide. Considers the contradictions that lie at the heart of the founding of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another. Portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War.