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ABC Close-Up! Season 1, Episode 9: The Children Were Watching

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Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job. Watch ABC Close-Up! Season 1, Episode 9 The Children Were Watching in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of ABC Close-Up! Season 1, Episode 9 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

18 episodes
1

Cast the First Stone

2

Paradise in Chains

3

What's the Proposition?

4

The Money Raisers

5

Yanki No!

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6

Featherbedding?

7

The Red and the Black

8

X-Pilot

A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
9

The Children Were Watching

Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.
10

Adventures on the New Frontier

A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.
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I Remember

12

90 Miles to Communism

13

C'est la Guerre

14

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)

15

Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)

16

The Flabby American

17

The Troubled Land

18

Our Durable Diplomats