Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

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TitleTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
User score

8.1

Release dateJan 23, 2017
GenreDocumentary
DirectorStanley Nelson
Production countryUnited States of America
Production companiesITVS, Independent Lens, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Run time85 min.

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for 150 years. For the first time ever, their story is told.

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