Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

About Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for 150 years.

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a 2017 documentary film directed by Stanley Nelson. The film is filed under college, university, black history, and academia.

It runs 85 minutes and was released in January 2017.

The screenplay is by Marcia Smith and Stanley Nelson. Produced by Independent Lens. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.

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