A muddy road in Lowndes County, Alabama. Two African American men on a tractor doing road grading, part of a program with Calhoun Colored School Students working to improve communications between farmers and routes of transit to market their goods. Two men outside a farm house. A man plows field using plow driven by horse. A man plows a field using plows driven by two horses. "Captain" Roper, an early graduate of the Calhoun School, stands along with a farmer and advises on improved farm methods. A field getting plowed.
A group of African American children in the American south coming out of the Calhoun Colored School in Lowndes County, Alabama . Students make a small model of a hut with wood and a paper. Students learn craft work. A teacher calls the students. Girls learning to make their own dresses for their graduation ceremony. A girl displays the hand crafted dress. Townspeople dressed in their best walk along the road approaching the school to attend the graduation exercises. A band marching off to start the commencement ceremony. A huge gathering of people present. Young men and women graduates of the Calhoun School take the stage in pairs for the graduation ceremony. Several educators address the audience, including Calhoun School Principal, Dr. Jerome F Kidder.
Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of African American Affairs Division of Youth Administration, seen talking with attendees following the graduation ceremoney at the Calhoun school for African American students in Lowndes County, Alabama. Children cooking something in a container. Children playing on the ground. An African American child. A woman holds a child. Another woman holds a child. A child sleeping in a woman's lap.
Clip opens with ground level views of a suburban American neighborhood with homes along neighborhood streets. That scene is then contrasted with poor conditions of slum area near Gulf Port, Mississippi. A car being parked in front of a house. An African American child sits near water collected outside a slum. A man standing near dilapidated homes and shacks. A child plays with a puppy. Three children walking. Some children stands outside slum. Drainage water in front of a slum. A poorly formed hut. Poor conditions of slum area near the Gulf coast of Mississippi. Aerial view of suburban houses under the Forest heights pilot project that provides 200 low income families with government sponsored public houses. Final scene is aerial view of a suburb area in the United States showing many new suburban homes that have been built.
Involvement of National Council of African American Women (NCNW) in the Forest Heights housing project in Mississippi, United States. The National President of NCNW, Dr. Dorothy Height speaks (in voiceover) about the project. Film shows another woman surveying poor and low income families. A Council member speaks to an African American woman. Some NCNW workers sitting in office. NCNW workers have meeting in the office. The author of a new program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Turn Key III, Associate General Council, Joseph Burstein explains the program. An African American woman with a child stands near him. Four men sitting in the office. A man explains the program with a briefing chart..
Construction and allotment of houses under the Forest Heights Project of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in Mississippi, United States. The earth movers clear the land for the houses to be constructed. The officials discussing the Site Development Phase. Two workers working. A surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. Carpenters and workers construct a house. A tractor clearing land. A man and a woman enters Thiokol Chemical Corporation premises. Thiokol designs and constructs home management and maintenance training program for participating families. The officials are receiving and verifying the qualification of the home buyers. An official passes on the list to the program director who certifies whether an applicant is eligible or not. The list is then passed to the Community Participation Committee made of members of the National Council of African American Women and the Civic Action Committee. Members of Community Participation Committee have meeting. The recommendations are now forwarded to the Local Housing Authority for the final approval. The approved families are being given pre-occupancy training. The instructor distributes some pamphlets to the candidates. African American woman demonstrates the operation and use of a home appliance. A woman addresses the candidates. A house in the background.
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