Black History - Chronicles of Protest

DateJanuary 21 1990

Can DescriptionsMaster Black History X5361 Chronicles of Protest

Abstract[Includes images of lynching.] Title: ‘Chronicles of Protest’. Madge Sinclair hosts an episode about the history of Black-owned newspapers. Highlights the work of John B. Russwurm, Samuel Cornish, Frederick Douglas, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter, Robert S. Abbott, Marcus Garvey, and John H. Johnson. Includes interviews with ‘Amsterdam News’ publisher Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, Northeastern University history professor Donald Jacobs, Journalist for the Christian Science Monitor Luix Overbea, Boston College lecturer of Black Studies Fahamisha Brown, and publisher of the ‘City Sun’ Andrew W. Cooper.

OtherCredits: Produced by Karl Nurse; Hosted by Madge Sinclair; Written by Steve Hemingway; Researched by Susan Hajjar, Danny Theodat; Assistant to Producer: Susan Hajjar; Videography by Steve Colvin, Howie Rouse, Bob Oliver; Sound Recordist: Doug Dike, Bob Hakkila, Leroy Mclaurin; Editors: Reg Power, Dave Teixeira, Mary Driscoll, Glen Fletcher, Wayne Smith; Post Production: Doug DeVitt, George Ellard; Photography Collection: Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Schomberg [Schomburg] Center For Research in Black Culture; Library of Congress, National Archives, Boston Public Library, William Monroe Trotter Institute, New York Public Library, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Needham Public Library; Music: Hit City Recording Studios, Conant B. Rose; Special Thanks to: Fahamisha Brown, Andrew W. Cooper, Donald Jacobs, Luiz Overbea, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum; V.P. of Community Programming: Donna Latson-Gittens; V.P. of Programming: Paul LaCamera