Little Things are Big

In the 1950s, segregation and ideas about "race" shaped the way Americans in all parts of the nation saw one another as well as the way they saw themselves.

As writer Jesus Colon discovered on a subway ride in New York City, those ideas also influenced the decisions people made about one another.

Produced for the Facing History and Ourselves traveling exhibition Choosing to Participate.

 

Video length: 
3 min 31 sec
Date filmed: 
Jan 1 1998
Series title: 
Choosing to Participate