The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

Synopsis

In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, little more than token efforts were made to desegregate Southern schools. That changed dramatically on October 29, 1969, when the high court ordered that Mississippi schools to fully — and immediately — desegregate. As a result, a group of children, including six-year-old Blackmon, became part of the first class of Black and white children who would attend all 12 grades together in Leland.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Sam Pollard Douglas A. Blackmon
Production	Producer	Douglas A. Blackmon Sam Pollard
	Executive Producer	Jeff Bieber Susan Bellows Cameo George
	Supervising Producer	Salme López Sabina
	Associate Producer	Alexa A. Harris Nicholas Gibiser Andrea Edwards Danielle Fisher
Editing	Editor	Jon Neuburger Mary Manhardt Anne Craddock Decorte
	Assistant Editor	Robert Gordon
Crew	Cinematography	Ryan Earl Parker
Sound	Music	J.R. Shirakbari
Writing	Writer	Douglas A. Blackmon
Department	Role	Name

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