Film/TV

Black Journal

1968–1977

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Media Criticism

“The Black Woman”

Black women activism within documentary films in the 1960s United States.

by Manar Ellethy via Journal of the History of Ideas Blog on April 10, 2024
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Media Criticism

Televising Black Politics in the Black Power Era: Black Journal and Soul!

While mainstream media misrepresented Black Power, African American-produced TV let Black communities tell their own stories.

by Christine Acham via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on August 28, 2020
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The Black Political Convention

Black Journal interviews with Imamu Amiri Baraka, poet-playwright and co-chairman of the National Black Political Convention.

by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on March 28, 1972
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The Black Filmmaker

A look at racism in movie-making.

by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on September 28, 1970
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Who Is the Black Cop?

What is it like to be a Black police officer, and how does the Black community feel about these officers?

by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on June 23, 1969

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