Includes excerpts from many Black performances. Documents the influence of the Harmon Foundation in creating an artistic home where Black visual artists flourished and developed a wide range of talent. Also included were items in the show curated by the Newark Museum to celebrate the work of the Foundation. With commentary by historians, journalists, and photojournalists, tells of the struggles against censorship, discrimination and for freedom of the press. The Life and the Legacy Traces the life of Booker T. Washington with an emphasis on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Historic recreations reveal the turning points of Washington's educational and political career.
A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. This documentary is a personal account of the life of octogenarian John Hope Franklin, one of America's leading historians, emeritus professor at both the University of Chicago and Duke University, and recipient of the Medal of Freedom and 105 honorary degrees. This unique documentary profiles these and other courageous pilots who overcame intense social pressures to gain the right to fly. 1986 Freedom and justice, the struggle for civil rights Documentary featuring the photographs of Cecil J. Williams who gives a first hand photographic account of the black experience ranging from Brown vs. Board of Education to the first black congressman in South Carolina. Freedom on my Mind Documentary of the civil rights movement and the events surrounding the Mississippi Voter Registration Project of the early 1960's.