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History of the Bordentown School, which taught values, discipline
and life skills to generations of African-American children. Ruby
Dee narrates.
For a 70-year period, when America cared little about the education
of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, the
Bordentown School was an educational utopia. An incubator for black
pride and intellect, the school taught values, discipline and life
skills to generations of black children. This is Bordentown's
story, as told by alumni and historians, with archival footage. It
is also the story of black education in America across three
centuries - presenting a nuanced, rarely seen portrait of a
separate black space - and a preface to the growing national
discussion about historically black institutions and their role in
nurturing identity and accomplishment. What was lost and what was
gained in the march toward equality? Ruby Dee narrates.