The House at 12 Rose Street

Series: The Teenage years

Duration: 32

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Time-Life

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: When the first Black family in the neighborhood moves in next door to 14-year-old Bobby Miller, he is confronted by the racial prejudice of his neighbors. Bobby finds himself caught between his growing friendship with his new neighbor Willie Franklin, and loyalty to Jack Barrett who is bigoted towards Blacks. After many incidents of discrimination against the Franklins, Bobby learns that ignoring injustice is equivalent to condoning it. , Based on the book of same title by Mimi Broadsky. A fourteen-year-old boy is confronted by evidence of racial prejudice on the part of his neighbors. He learns that one cannot ignore injustices.

Complete Record: When the first Black family in the neighborhood moves in next door to 14-year-old Bobby Miller, he is confronted by the racial prejudice of his neighbors. Bobby finds himself caught between his growing friendship with his new neighbor Willie Franklin, and loyalty to Jack Barrett who is bigoted towards Blacks. After many incidents of discrimination against the Franklins, Bobby learns that ignoring injustice is equivalent to condoning it. , Based on the book of same title by Mimi Broadsky. A fourteen-year-old boy is confronted by evidence of racial prejudice on the part of his neighbors. He learns that one cannot ignore injustices.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.