Setting The Record Straight: American History In Black & White - DVD

Setting the Record Straight reintroduces this generation to the forgotten heroes and untold stories from our rich African American political history:

- The Rev. Richard Allen, the founder of America's first black denomination
- The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to deliver a sermon in Congress
- The Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black U.S. Senator
- Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first African American elected to the U.S. Congress
- Jefferson Franklin Long, the first African American to give a speech in the U.S. House
- John Rock, the first African American admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar
- John Roy Lynch, the first African American to preside over a national political convention
- The Rev. Frederick Douglass, the first African American to be appointed to office in four different presidential administrations.

These heroes -- and many others -- are presented in this inspiring documentary of African American political history. The material presented is ground-breaking and revolutionary, leaving viewers inspired and educated.