Film Credits
THANK YOU TO ALL PARTNERS, FUNDERS, AND SUPPORTERS!
Morehouse College
The Gilead Foundation
FILM PARTICIPANTS
Dr. Nina L. Gilbert
Dr. Leona Tate
Jarvis Givens, Ph.D.
Leslie T. Fenwick, Ph.D.
Ms. Grace Harvey
Adria Welcher, Ph.D.
Marisela Martinez-Cola, J.D. Ph.D.
Rachel Hardeman, Ph.D. MPH
Dr. Daniel Black
Illya Davis
Sharif El-Mekki
Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
Virginia Swanson Jackson
Margaret Swanson Gilbert
Joe Swanson
Mike Grote
Tremaine Knighten-Riley
Ikhwan Calib James
Chrystopher Moultrie
“18 Steps” Poem
Written and Performed by Bernard Gilbert
Morehouse Students (Campus)
Kaden Quick
Chrystopher Moultrie
Horace Ryans, III
Marchellos Scott
G’Khyri C Patterson
Chase Bethea
Michael Simmons
Morehouse Students (Philadelphia)
Horace Ryans, III
Evan McCrary
Marcellis McQueen
Cole Simmons
Ousman Demba
Darion Johnson
Marchellos Scott
CREW
Directed By
El Sawyer
Jon Kaufman
Dr. Nina Gilbert
Written By
Dr. Nina Gilbert
Gabriel Wiener
Jon Kaufman
El Sawyer
Executive Producers
Dr. Nina Gilbert
Morehouse College
The Gilead Foundation
EdFlix Media
Producers
Chisom Chieke
Gabriel Wiener
Media In Neighborhoods Group (MING)
Associate Producers
Brittany Faith Gilbert
Avyance Evin
Editor
Gabriel Wiener
Additional Editing
Sarah Krusen
Director of Photography
Media in Neighborhoods Group (MING)
Sound Design & Audio Mix
Ben Wong
Animation
Kieran Hetznecker
Colorist
Ryan Berger
Camera
Derrick Woodyard
Evan Morsell
Aidan Un
Jon Kaufman
Markeith Jones
Cobbina Frempong
Gabriel Wiener
Charles Bouille
Sound
Juan Ortiz
Gabriel Wiener
Hair Stylist
Dazzlin Gantt
Costume
Alecia Gilbert
Makeup Artist
Oreoluwa Olaoye
Graphics + Archival Treatment
Derrick Woodyard
Archivist
Rich Remsberg
Archival Sourcing
Gabriel Wiener
Music
Musicbed
Production Assistants
Chrystopher Moultrie
Chase Christmas
Ikhwan Calib James
Researchers
Dr. Nina Gilbert
Dr. Horace Ballenger
Kaylah Mackroy
Basil Barrett
Charles Bouille
Chrystopher Moultrie
Derrick Hearn
Historians/Consultants
Willie T. Edmonson
Sequita Moore-Freeman
Dr. J.K. Haynes
Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris
Mikala Bush
Production Advisors
Daniel Beckmann
Susan Beckmann
Brandon S. Gilbert, Esq.
Project Managers
Samantha Elmore
Avyance Ervin
Comaneci Brooken
Additional Footage & Photos
Margaret Swanson Gilbert
Virginia Swanson Jackson
Elizabeth Scott-McAlpine
Markeith Jones
Marketing & Promotions
Streamlined Media & Communications LLC
T.P. Design
Social Media Managers
Adiamond Gantt
Markeith Jones
Legal Counsel
Craig Burgess, Esq.
Chief Financial Officer
Undria Stallings
Chief Operations Officer
Karen Miller, J.D.
Production Accountant
Tyler Little
IN MEMORIAM
Cecil Gilbert Sr.
Dr. Willie T. Edmondson
Mayor – LaGrange, GA
Ms. Tessie Prevost
The McDonogh Three
SPECIAL THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr. David A. Thomas, President Morehouse College
Dr. H. Patrick Swygert, Former President, Howard University
Legacy Museum on Main – LaGrange, GA
The TEP Center
Troup County Archives
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC)
Sequita Moore-Freeman
The Morehouse College Center for Excellence in Education
Dr. Willie T. Edmondson
Elizabeth Scott-McAlpine
Dr. Thomas McAlpine
James B. Gilbert, Sr.
Center for Black Educator Development (CBED)
Dr. Claude Hutto
Dr. Hideko Sera
Kennard Garrett
Jasmine Gurley
Dr. Kristin Moody
Brenda Tucker
Dr. Kendrick Brown
Bria Toussaint
Joyce Abbott
Black Male Educators Conference
University of Pennsylvania
Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia
Keelia Silvis
Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity
RADIOKISMET
The Franklin on Rittenhouse
LOCATIONS
Atlanta, GA
LaGrange, GA
New Orleans, LA
Bowie, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Morehouse College
Legacy Museum on Main
TEP Center
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The University of Pennsylvania
The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing – Atlanta
ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
The Library of Congress
National Archives and Records Administration
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection and Peabody Awards Collection
University of Georgia Libraries
GBH Archives
Washington University in St. Louis – Julian Edison Department of Special Collections
Getty Images
Carl Iwasaki / Contributor
Flip Schulke Archives / Contributor
Bettmann / Contributor
Nashville Banner Archives, Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Division
Harvard Black Teacher Archives
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections of Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library at Louisiana State University
Arkansas State Archives in the Peggy Lloyd Collection
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University
Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University
Tennessee Education Association
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Photos a Gift of Leona Tate
Associated Press
University of Cincinnati – Louise Shropshire Collection
Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo
Norman Rockwell Museum
PBS Twin Cities
MUSIC
coldbrew – Pileated
2nd Life – Blind (Instrumental)
coldbrew – Mountain Wind
Rodes Rollins – Hazy (Instrumental)
Eric Kinny – Sublime
Sad Moses – Written in Roots
Charlee Nguyen – Daydreaming
The Sweeplings – Come Rest Your Head (Instrumental)
Emily Brimlow – Dust on the Ground (Instrumental)
Tony Anderson – Chasm
Carolino – D
Benjamin Gustafsson – I Thought About Death, About Time (Alt. Version)
Jordan Critz – Imbre
Svvn – Sinking
Krishna Canning – riseatsunset (Stripped Version) – Instrumental
Stray Theories – Remembrance
CHPTRS – Breathe (No Oohs & Ahhs)
Marvin Brooks – Too Close – Instrumental
Marta Cascales Alimbau – Tide
Smith Beats – New Beginnings (with ØNEMOR3)
Alistair Sung – From Afar
Sam Ock – Something Divine – Acoustic – Instrumental
Jesse Brown – Dark Blue
