The black press : soldiers without swords

The black press : soldiers without swords / California Newsreel presents ; directed and produced by Stanley Nelson ; writers, Jill Nelson, Stanley Nelson, Lou Potter, Marcia Smith ; Half Nelson Productions, Inc.

Archival footage and interviews trace the history of African American newspapers and journalism from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights Movement.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nelson, Stanley, 1951- (Screenwriter), Nelson, Jill, 1952- (Screenwriter), Potter, Lou (Screenwriter), Smith, Marcia A. (Screenwriter), Morton, Joe, 1947- (Narrator), Rhodes, Jane, 1955- (Commentator), Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004 (Commentator), Garland, Phyl (Commentator), Grossman, James R. (Commentator), Calloway, Earl (Commentator), Washburn, Patrick Scott (Commentator), Black, Timuel D., Jr (Commentator), Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998 (Commentator), Bolden, Frank E., 1912-2003 (Commentator), Buttler, Rick (director of photography.), Shepard, Bobby (director of photography.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [1998]
Subjects:	Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895. Abbott, Robert S. > (Robert Sengstacke), > 1868-1940. Bass, Charlotta A., > 1880-1969. Vann, Robert L., > 1879-1940. Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972. Murphy, Carl, > 1889-1967. Murphy, John Henry, > 1840-1922. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., > 1862-1931. Mossell, N. F., > Mrs., > 1855-1948. Harrington, Oliver W. > (Oliver Wendell), > 1912-1995. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., > 1862-1931 Vann, Robert L., > 1879-1940 Murphy, John Henry, > 1840-1922 Murphy, Carl, > 1889-1967 Mossell, N. F., > Mrs., > 1855-1948 Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972 Harrington, Oliver W. > (Oliver Wendell), > 1912-1995 Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895 Bass, Charlotta A., > 1880-1969 Abbott, Robert S. > (Robert Sengstacke), > 1868-1940 Chicago defender. Pittsburgh courier. California eagle. Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.) Pittsburgh courier Chicago defender California eagle African American press > History. African American newspapers > History. African American journalists > Biography. Freedom of the press > United States > History. Racism > United States > History. African American journalists > Interviews. Journalists > United States > Interviews. Photojournalists > United States > Interviews. African American cartoonists > Interviews. Advertising, Newspaper > United States > History. Racism Race relations Photojournalists Journalists Freedom of the press African American cartoonists Advertising, Newspaper African American journalists African American newspapers African American press United States > Race relations > History. United States Nonfiction films Interviews Internet videos Historical films Feature films Biographies Documentary films History Documentary films. Historical films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos. Documentaires. Films historiques. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet.
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Description
Summary:	Archival footage and interviews trace the history of African American newspapers and journalism from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights Movement.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998, released in January, 1999; broadcast on PBS on February 8, 1999.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
Playing Time:	01:26:27
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Sundance Film Festival, Freedom of Expression Award, 1999
Production Credits:	Camera, Bobby Shepard, Rick Butler ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; music, Ron Carter ; writers, Jill Nelson, Stanley Nelson, Lou Potter, Marcia Smith ; associate producer, director of research, Valerie Linson
Participant or Performer:	Narrator: Joe Morton ; commentary by historians and journalists: Jane Rhodes, Vernon Jarrett, Phyl Garland, Christopher Reed, James Grossman, Earl Calloway, Patrick Washburn, Timuel Black, Edward Robinson, George Barbour, Robert R. Lavelle, Charles Harris, Vera Jackson, Frank E. Bolden, Edna Chappell McKenzie, John Sengstacke, Evelyn Cunningham.
Language:	In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Online resource; title from resource description page (Infobase, viewed September 30, 2020).