Bloody island [electronic resource] / produced and directed by Thomas Gibson.

Subtitle on original container and videocassette label: Race riots of East St. Louis

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, c1998.

English

This edition in English.

1 online resource (42 min.).

In the early part of the century, thousands of African Americans migrated from the rural South in search of a better life in the northern industrial cities. This black migration was an important event in U.S. history. It fueled the factories of the North, but hurt an already weakened southern economy. In East St. Louis, Ill., trouble was brewing as black workers were being hired to replace striking white workers. It all came to a head on the night of July 1, 1917.

Grade level from publisher's catalog.

[Grade level: High school, college, adult].

Previously released as DVD.

American history in video
Award winning films and videos

Online Resources > Streaming Video
All Resources