Jesse from Mississippi

Series: Newcomers to the City Series

Duration: 0:14:35

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic | Reality-based

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 10Nov71 · MP22215 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: Discusses the problems encountered by a black family who moved from a farm in Mississippi to a northern city in adjusting to city life. Relates how the family moved with the hope of attaining a better lifestyle but found that the father must work at two jobs and the mother at one just to support the family. Notes that without parental supervision Jesse, the son, may be associating with the wrong crowd and may get in trouble., Discusses the problems encountered by a black family who moved from a farm in Mississippi to a northern city in adjusting to city life. Relates how the family moved with the hope of attaining a better lifestyle but found that the father must work at two jobs and the mother at one just to support the family. Notes that without parental supervision Jesse, the son, may be associating with the wrong crowd and may get in trouble.

Complete Record: , Discusses the problems encountered by a black family who moved from a farm in Mississippi to a northern city in adjusting to city life. Relates how the family moved with the hope of attaining a better lifestyle but found that the father must work at two jobs and the mother at one just to support the family. Notes that without parental supervision Jesse, the son, may be associating with the wrong crowd and may get in trouble.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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