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Winner, 2000 Alfred I. duPont Award; 1999 Sundance Film Festival; 1999 San Francisco Int'l Film Festival; 1998 American Library Association. This is the first film to chronicle the history of the Black press, including its central role in the construction of modern African American identity. It recounts the largely forgotten stories of generations of Black journalists who risked life and livelihood so African Americans could represent themselves in their own words and images. The Black Press takes viewers "behind the veil" of segregation to recover a distinctly Black perspective on key events from antebellum America to the Civil Rights Movement. It offers an intimate social history of African American life during these turbulent years - the achievements trumpeted, defeats pondered, celebrities admired, even the products advertised. From the founding of the first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal in 1827, Black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass recognized the press as a powerful weapon against the enforced silence of slavery. The Black Press goes on to contrast mainstream coverage of the women's movement, the World Wars, segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, the first African American to run for national office, and more. The Black Press commemorates a heroic and indispensable chapter in the ongoing struggle for a diverse and democratic media. It demonstrates that the written word has been as fundamental as music or religion to the evolution of African American consciousness. And it will convince students that it is as important today as in the past for Black media professionals to play a vigorous role not just in print media but in the rapidly evolving information technologies of the future. [This is an institutional edition, approved for use by colleges, corporations, gov't agencies, schools, or home use. Suggested retail $195]
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