Soul City: the anti-racist town in the US South. Video questions, differentiated

Comprehensive, thorough, 18-minute documentary really drills down into the context, the cause, events and legacy. Includes contemporary sources and interviews with witnesses. The town today, Floyd B. McKissick’s earl life, 1963 March on Washington, witness to post WW2 reconstruction in Europe. Floyd B. McKissick Jr. Optimism in difficult times. Jane Ball-Groom. Socialism of Black Panther Party and capitalism in Soul City. Proposed facilities inc. Soultech 1. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support sought from LBJ (resigned) and RFK (assassinated). Nixon supports the idea: Republicans seeking a broad base. McKissick supports Nixon. M$14 federal funding. NC senator Jesse Helms opposes. Site chosen. 1973 energy crisis. Misperception as an all-Black town. Watergate. Senator Helms demands federal audit. Press voices allegations of mismanagement. Audit clears Soul City of any major wrongdoing. 1979, HUD pulls the plug. Foreclosure.

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15 questions for the 18-min film Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

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