Black Power TV: Contextual Information

Records of the commission that linked racial violence in the 60s to the exclusion of African-American perspectives from U.S. media.

Final report of the commission that linked racial violence in the 60s to the exclusion of African-American perspectives from U.S. media.

Text of the report that identified familial and cultural aspect of African-American life--rather than discrimination or lack of opportunity--as the primary cause of challenges faced by African-Americans.

Searches the records of the NAACP, SCLC, Black Power Movement, Bayard Rustin papers, Federal files on civil rights, and much more. Try a search for television and then use facets to limit by organization or collection to see how television was used, analyzed and cultivated by different organizations with different perspectives.

These papers include information about the relationship between mass media (including television) and Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement in general.

Includes the back files of trade publication such as Variety. Try searching for a show ("say brother") or person to find news articles about it.