Story of the life of a black Louisiana woman, from her childhood as a slave in pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement at the age of 110.
Story of the life of a black Louisiana woman, from her childhood as a slave in pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement at the age of 110.
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her views on the current and turbulent equal rights movement.
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recants her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her veiws on the current and turbulent equal rights movement.
