The Community Advisory Boards of Thirteen/WNET New York and WLIW21 inducted 11 community organizations into its COMMUNITY HALL OF FAME in a July 9, 2008 ceremony at the Thirteen/WNET studio in Manhattan. The stations’ Community Advisory Boards have instituted the …

Black public affairs television began in the late sixties as African-Americans took control of the streets — and the airwaves. After decades of unfair representation in the media, a new generation of African-American producers, writers, and editors brought their news …

Public TV programs like Soul!, Say Brother and Black Journal were only a few of the shows by, about, and for black America. Here’s a more comprehensive list of local, national, and award-winning black community television from the past forty …

Watch Charles Hobson Interview (7:45) Forty years ago, the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn was one of the largest and most dynamic African-American communities in the country – 400,000 people made their home within its three square miles. But Bed-Stuy became …

Described by Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant producer Charles Hobson as one of the program’s “most-requested pieces”, this video features the Leroi Jones Young Spirit House Movers and Players delivering a jaw-droppingly powerful spoken-word performance. These kids, from Bed-Stuy and Brownsville, deliver a …

Harry Belafonte Interview (11:33)   In this 1968 segment, singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte talks to the Bed-Stuy community in a local Brooklyn park, and takes a Q&A from Bed-Stuy residents. Belafonte had always been active in civil rights–Five years before this …

Running time: approximately 1 hour. The Origin of Black Journal From AL Perlmutter, the series’ first executive producer: July 17, 1967 – Riots in Newark were sparked by the arrest and alleged abuse by police of a black cab driver. …

This episode of “Black Journal,” one of the earliest black-produced newsmagazines on television, features: * A profile of L.A. grassroots empowerment organization Operation Bootstrap, including one of their components, a factory that produces black dolls and babydolls. * A skit …

Starting in 1968, Detroit public TV station WTVS produced an African-American news and public affairs show called Colored People’s Time, abbreviated as CPT. The show’s original mission was to build more community involvement among Detroit’s largely African-American urban population. CPT …

SOUL! producer Christopher Lukas recalls the facts and mysteries of Ellis Haizlip, and creating the first Black variety show for public media.