<I>Black Journal: 18; Malcolm X Liberation University</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Produced by
content: St. Clair Bourne, American, 1943 - 2007
label: Produced by
content: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
label: Produced by
content: William Greaves, American, 1926 - 2014
label: Interview of
content: Howard Fuller, American, born 1941
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X Liberation University, 1969 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Betty Shabazz, American, 1934 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Harambee Singers, American, founded 1966
label: Subject of
content: Bernice Johnson Reagon, American, 1942 - 2024
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: This 16mm film is a short documentary made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program. Producer St. Clair Bourne chronicles the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham, North Carolina on October 25, 1969.
label: Description
content: A film clip with the title “Malcolm X Liberation University.” The clip is a short documentary made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program. In it, producer St. Clair Bourne chronicles the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University in North Carolina. The film consists of a single reel of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound (2012.79.1.68.1a), an original 400-foot film reel (2012.79.1.68.1b), and an original 400-foot film canister (2012.79.1.68.1c).
label: Description
content: The film opens with a student meeting/rally at Duke University, in which one unidentified student speaker (male) states why they no longer wish to participate in a system they don't believe speaks to the needs of African American college students. A male narrator begins to speak, explaining what the Black Student Movement at Duke University was and how it originated and morphed into a separate institution. An interview with Howard Fuller begins to play, and he expresses why he doesn't believe in institutionalized black studies programs. Footage of him announcing the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University begins to play and is followed by clips of the opening celebratory parade and rally. The narrator describes the new university's proposed curriculum and study abroad program in Africa.
label: Description
content: Howard Fuller addressed the crowd by reading a statement from Stokely Carmichael and introduced guest speaker Betty Shabazz. During her speech, white train workers in a nearby train yard rang a train car bell to interrupt her speech. A visiting professor who was in attendance climbed on top of the train car and silenced the bell so Betty Shabazz could finish her speech. A small group of women sing "The Black Magician" onstage. Courtland Cox, a representative from Malcolm X Liberation University's sister school in Washington, DC, closed the ceremony. The film ends with an interview with Howard Fuller speaking on the role of Malcolm X Liberation University and hopes to play in the black liberation struggle.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Film clip from Black Journal: Episode 18
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Public television
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Black Journal
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.79.1.68.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © National Educational Television
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 320 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 10 min.