TY - ADVS AU - Hames,Mat AU - Moll,James AU - Rosen,Michael AU - Carleton,Don E. AU - Conrad,Barbara Smith AU - Belafonte,Harry AU - Simpson,Icy AU - Waggoner,Wilson AU - Hamburger,David AU - Guardado,Sandra ED - Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. ED - Alpheus Media (Firm) ED - Allentown Productions. ED - Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) TI - When I rise SN - 9781608834198 AV - E185.93.T4 W44 2011 PY - 2011///] CY - [United States] PB - Distributed by PBS Distribution KW - Conrad, Barbara Smith, KW - University of Texas KW - Students KW - Biography KW - African American singers KW - Texas KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Forgiveness KW - Race relations KW - Biographical films KW - lcgft KW - Documentary films KW - Nonfiction films KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - United States N1 - Videodisc release of the 2010 documentary film; Special features: Interview with Bud Mims; The musical legacy of Center Point; Executive producer Don Carleton ; director of photography, Wilson Waggoner ; edited by Mat Hames, Sandra Guardado ; original music by David Hamburger; Barbara Smith Conrad, Harry Belafonte, and Icy Simpson N2 - In 1957, Barbar Smith, a gifted black music student at the University of Texas is cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. This small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, eventually will become an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and she will headline on stages around the world ER -