Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
Contents |
Black press overview (2:02) -- Too long have others spoken for us (14:43) -- Standing up for the race (26:06) -- Separate world (16:13) -- Treason? (12:55) -- Putting itself out of business (12:49) -- Credits: The black press: soldiers without swords (1:15) |
Summary |
Archival footage and interviews trace the history of African American newspapers and journalism from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights Movement |
Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998, released in January, 1999; broadcast on PBS on February 8, 1999 |
Credits |
Camera, Bobby Shepard, Rick Butler ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; music, Ron Carter ; writers, Jill Nelson, Stanley Nelson, Lou Potter, Marcia Smith ; associate producer, director of research, Valerie Linson |
Performer |
Narrator: Joe Morton ; commentary by historians and journalists: Jane Rhodes, Vernon Jarrett, Phyl Garland, Christopher Reed, James Grossman, Earl Calloway, Patrick Washburn, Timuel Black, Edward Robinson, George Barbour, Robert R. Lavelle, Charles Harris, Vera Jackson, Frank E. Bolden, Edna Chappell McKenzie, John Sengstacke, Evelyn Cunningham |
Notes |
In English |
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MPAA rating: Not rated |
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Sundance Film Festival, Freedom of Expression Award, 1999 |
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Online resource; title from resource description page (Infobase, viewed September 30, 2020) |
Subject |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
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Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940.
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Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969.
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Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940.
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Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
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Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967.
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Murphy, John Henry, 1840-1922.
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
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Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948.
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Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995.
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SUBJECT |
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 fast |
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Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940 fast |
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Murphy, John Henry, 1840-1922 fast |
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Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967 fast |
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Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948 fast |
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Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 fast |
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Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 fast |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast |
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Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969 fast |
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Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940 fast |
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Chicago defender. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011160567
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Pittsburgh courier. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011160600
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California eagle. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81125194
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Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008058040
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Pittsburgh courier fast |
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Chicago defender fast |
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California eagle fast |
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Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.) fast |
Subject |
African American press -- History
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African American newspapers -- History
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African American journalists -- Biography
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Freedom of the press -- United States -- History
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Racism -- United States -- History
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African American journalists -- Interviews
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Journalists -- United States -- Interviews
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Photojournalists -- United States -- Interviews
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African American cartoonists -- Interviews
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Advertising, Newspaper -- United States -- History
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Racism
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Race relations
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Photojournalists
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Journalists
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Freedom of the press
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African American cartoonists
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Advertising, Newspaper
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African American journalists
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African American newspapers
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African American press
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- History
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films
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Interviews
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Internet videos
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Historical films
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Feature films
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Biographies
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Documentary films
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History
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Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Films historiques.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Nelson, Stanley, 1951- screenwriter, film director, film producer.
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Nelson, Jill, 1952- screenwriter.
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Potter, Lou, screenwriter
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Smith, Marcia A., screenwriter
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Morton, Joe, 1947- narrator.
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Rhodes, Jane, 1955- commentator.
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Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004, commentator.
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Garland, Phyl, commentator
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Grossman, James R., commentator
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Calloway, Earl, commentator
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Washburn, Patrick Scott, commentator
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Black, Timuel D., Jr., commentator.
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Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998, commentator.
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Bolden, Frank E., 1912-2003, commentator.
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Buttler, Rick, director of photography
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Shepard, Bobby, director of photography
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Erskine, Lewis, editor of moving image work
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Half Nelson Productions, Inc., production company.
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California Newsreel (Firm), presenter, publisher.
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