<I>The Presidency and Civil Rights: A Personal Memoir</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Produced by
content: Bergen Community College, American, founded 1965
label: Produced by
content: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: President Herbert Clark Hoover, American, 1874 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr., American, 1882 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: President Harry S. Truman, American, 1884 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, American, 1890 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title The Presidency and Civil Rights: A Personal Memoir. It consists of a white DVD (a) and a paper program (b).
label: Description
content: The white DVD (a) has the program title, date, and college logo printed on it and the program is part of a nationally televised series called The American Presidency: The Men and the Office and features former president of the NAACP Roy Wilkins chronologically discussing the consequences of various presidencies on the lives of African Americans. It opens with Wilkins describing the importance of the "American Dream" to African Americans and how some state-sanctioned institutions such as slavery and the Supreme Court have historically imposed racial inferiority on them. Through a combiniation of narration by Wilkins as well as archival imagery and audio, the program touches on the impact of numerous presidents and African American activists such as Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Lyndon B. Johnson. It also touches on other issues such as the death of Medgar Evers; the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church; as well as the impact of the Civil Rights Act.
label: Description
content: The paper program (b) is white and has a sketch of a silhouette sitting at the Resolute desk. The Bergen Community College logo can be seen below the sketch as well as text that reads [THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: THE MEN and THE OFFICE].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Television
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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 Dr. Philip Dolce on behalf of Bergen Community College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.90.4.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: DVDs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bergen Community College
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: aluminum and polycarbonate with paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 31 min., 35 sec.