<I>Black Journal: Color Us Black! (Part I)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Directed by
content: Dick McCutchen, American, 1925 - 2001
label: Produced by
content: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
label: Narrated by
content: Dick McCutchen, American, 1925 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Michael Harris, American
label: Subject of
content: James Nabrit, Jr., American, 1900 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, American, 1929 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Nathan Hare PhD, American, born 1933
label: Subject of
content: Claude Brown, American, 1937 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Lou Potter, American
label: Subject of
content: Marie Brown Frazier, American
label: Subject of
content: Samuel Proctor, American, 1921 - 1997
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: Part One of a documentary film with the title Color Us Black. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary focuses on the circumstances surrounding the 1968 student-led rebellion and subsequent shut down of Howard University. Narrated by Dick McCutchen, it explores the causes of the shut down through interviews with students such as then-student body president Michael Harris and several unidentified women who attend the university; civil rights leaders such as Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, and Marie Brown Frazier; school administrators such as James Nabrit Jr. and Samuel Proctor; academics, including former sociology professor Dr. Nathan Hare; as well as Howard University alumni such as Claud Brown and Lou Potter. These individuals opine on topics such as whether students at Howard University were being forced to adopt a white, mainstream image, black bourgeoise and chasm between students, the administration and faculty.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Public television
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film 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, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.55.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 25 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 900 Feet