NAACP convention 1980
- Program
- NAACP convention 1980
- Producing Organization
- WPBT2
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Contributing Organization
- The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-526-jh3cz3395m
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- Description
- Description
- "Live and videotape coverage for PBS of the 1980 Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, held in Miami Beach, Florida, June 30th to July 4th, 1980. The coverage included live broadcasts from the convention floor as well as videotape reports from locations throughout Miami. Analysis and interpretation of the convention was provided by award-winning nationally syndicated Chicago Sun-Times correspondent, Carl Rowan. The series included a live hour each afternoon, a half-hour of highlights each evening, and a one-hour summary of the week's events. "The 1980 NAACP Convention occurred shortly after the devastating racially oriented riots in the Liberty City area of Miami and during the developing Presidential campaign. Issues ranging from inflation and unemployment to equal opportunity in education and employment predominated on the national scene. It was the intent of the broadcasts to report and interpret the convention events within a broad context to give viewers perspective on how the issues dealt with by the delegates affected the concerns, not only of black Americans but all Americans. In short, convention coverage was designed to reach as diverse an audience as possible, relating the events to their own interests and concerns, with an emphasis on interpretation and analysis. The specific audience was a wide group who might not ordinarily have been interested in the specific activities of the NAACP but who would watch if those activities were related to important national issues and the developing presidential campaign. Measured in terms of letters and phone calls, the response to the broadcast, especially the one-hour final report and overview, was exceptionally positive and definitely seemed to reach beyond those who had a special interest in the NAACP to those who found the programs enlightening for their general content."--1980 Peabody Awards entry form.
- Broadcast Date
- 1980
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WPBT2
Producing Organization: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the
University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-52d4dd6e4a6 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 4:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NAACP convention 1980,” 1980, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 29, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-jh3cz3395m.
- MLA: “NAACP convention 1980.” 1980. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 29, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-jh3cz3395m>.
- APA: NAACP convention 1980. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-jh3cz3395m