Dynamics of Desegregation, which aired in 1962 and 1963, was a 15-part intensive study of race relations in the United States. Harvard psychology professor, Thomas F. Pettigrew, hosted the series. It looks at the historical, political, psychological, personal and cultural aspects of segregation, with a particular emphasis on the South.
Dynamics of Desegregation is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Dynamics of Desegregation: With Some Deliberate Speed
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Dr. Pettigrew discusses the end of segregation with special guest Martin Luther King Jr. (29m 1s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: A Dream Deferred
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Dr. Pettigrew examines self-identity in the African-American community. (29m 7s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: A Place to Call His Own
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Dr. Pettigrew examines the problem of residential segregation. (29m)
Dynamics of Desegregation: The Unsolid Truth
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Dr. Pettigrew explains two theories of Southern prejudice – the moderate and the racist. (29m)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Conformity and the Crutch
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Dr. Pettigrew explains two kinds of prejudice – conformity and the crutch (scapegoating). (29m 6s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Face to Face
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Dr. Pettigrew examines whether close contact improves race relations or leads to conflict. (29m 2s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Resistance and Reaction
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Dr. Pettigrew discusses segregation movements including the Ku Klux Klan and mob violence. (29m)
Dynamics of Desegregation: A Glimpse at the Newest South
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Dr. Pettigrew discusses the industrialization and urbanization of the South. (29m)
Dynamics of Desegregation: The Newest New Negro
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Whitney Young, National Executive Director of the Urban League discusses protest styles. (28m 57s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: The Inevitable Monday
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Dr. Pettigrew recounts Charles Houston’s legal battle involving school integration. (29m)
Dynamics of Desegregation: 14th Generation Americans
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Dr. Pettigrew contrasts English law and its effects on slavery with other countries' laws. (29m 3s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Caught on the Face of a Cliff
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Dr. Pettigrew discussed the history of South Africa which led to the apartheid. (28m 55s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Portrait of a Violent Man
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Dr. Pettigrew discusses how lynchings affect the African-American community. (28m 57s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Violence, Vengeance and Vigilante
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Dr. Pettigrew discusses three aspects of living which he believes influence lynchings. (28m 47s)
Dynamics of Desegregation: Tale of Two Ladies
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Tale of Two Ladies examines the parallel cases of Catherine Brown and Rosa Parks. (28m 59s)
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Dynamics of Desegregation is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS