Historic Black Journal Streams for the First Time
Black Journal, a public television series that ran from 1968 to 1977, joins the The American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Two WNET Group staff members share its ...
In Memoriam: Charles Hobson, Groundbreaking PBS Producer
Charles Hobson, a New Yorker who forged a groundbreaking and Emmy Award-winning career in public broadcasting, died on February 13, 2020 at the age of 83.
Say Brother: Televising Black Power in Boston
How Say Brother, the first Black public affairs television program in Boston began, and how it ended.
A History and Overview of Black-Identity Public Affairs TV
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 ...
List of Black-Produced TV Shows Nationwide, from 1968-on
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, ...
Interview: Producer Charles Hobson on “Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant”
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 ...
Leroi Jones Young Spirit House Movers and Players, from Inside Bed-Stuy, 1968
Described by Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant producer Charles Hobson as one of the program’s “most-requested pieces”, this video features the Leroi Jones Young ...
Harry Belafonte on Inside Bed-Stuy, 1968
Harry Belafonte Interview (11:33) https://podcasts.wnet.org/wnetupnext/3747.mp4 In this 1968 segment, singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte talks to the Bed-Stuy community in ...
Debut Episode of Black Journal, 1968
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 ...
Black Journal in 1969
This episode of “Black Journal,” one of the earliest black-produced newsmagazines on television, features: * A profile of L.A. grassroots empowerment organization ...
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